Size: 15 hectares, 11ha of which are 1er Cru.

History: The estate’s history dates back to the early nineteenth century, when the baron de Mesnil owned swathes of land around the manor house, including the adjacent prized vineyard, ‘Clos-des-Ducs’. At the end of the nineteenth century, the Mademoiselle de Mesnil married into the d’Angerville family. Their son, Jacques, Marquis d’Angerville, joined forces with Henri Gouges and Armand Rousseau to draw up many of the vineyard boundaries still in existence and formulate the existing Appellation Contrôlée system. His opposition to dishonest wine making and labelling practices made him unpopular during the 1930s, and Burgundy’s negoçiants refused to do business with him. He had no option but to begin bottling at the domaine, one of the first in the whole of Burgundy, a move that only served to strengthen the reputation of the estate. When he died in 1952, his son, also Jacques, had already been in control of the domaine for several years, and continued  to run the estate until he died in 2003. His son, Guillaume d’Angerville, then swapped a banking career in Paris with oenological studies in Dijon, after which he joined forces with his brother-in-law, Renaud de Villette, who had been working with Jacques for many years already. They now make a formidable team.

Methods: The harvest is picked by hand, the grapes are destalked and macerated on the skins for 8 to 10 days with regular pumping-over. Guillaume’s late father was a traditionalist and preferred not to use new oak. Guillaume now uses a very small proportion, but, other than this, little has changed in terms of approach and style. Fruit and terroir expression remain the key.

Style: The estate’s style mirrors that of Gouges in Nuits-St-Georges, the wines being quite backward in youth, deep and brooding. The vines are old, naturally limiting yields to around 30hl/ha and resisting drought in years such as 2003 and 2005. Their Volnays have tremendous stature and typicity, and the 2 hectare monopole Clos des Ducs is the jewel in the d’Angerville crown.

Vineyards: All the d’Angerville vineyards are clay limestone slopes with a south easterly exposure. The stoney soils help retain the sun’s heat and thus speeds the maturation process.
- White
0.5ha Meursault Santenots 1er Cru
- Red
2.4ha Volnay Clos des Ducs 1er Cru
3.98ha Volnay Champans 1er Cru    
1.57ha Volnay Fremiets 1er Cru        
1ha Volnay Taillepieds 1er Cru          
0.45ha Volnay Caillerets        
0.65ha Volnay ‘L’Ormeau’*
0.53ha Volnay ‘Les Angles’*
0.31ha Volnay Pitures*
0.38 ha Pommard Les Combes
* these vineyard always blended, often with Caillerets.

Soil: marl and chalk. Clos-des-Ducs is on ‘terres blanches’, and slightly more clay in the soil in Champans.

Age of vines: average 45

Yields: 30hl/ha on average