{"product_id":"domaine-marquis-d-angerville-meursault-1er-cru-santenots-2024","title":"Domaine Marquis d’Angerville Meursault 1er Cru Santenots 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSantenots is one of the Côte de Beaune's odd legal cases. The vineyard lies inside the commune of Meursault, right on the Volnay border, but by long tradition its red wine is sold as Volnay-Santenots, while its white is labeled Meursault 1er Cru Santenots. Most of the climat is planted to Pinot Noir. D'Angerville is one of the exceptions: the domaine holds 1.05 hectares here that have been planted to Chardonnay since 1905, making this one of the few white wines from a house known almost entirely for Volnay red. The soil is heavily marly, a limestone and clay mix that holds water and gives Chardonnay weight and breadth, a different register from the stonier, leaner premier crus farther south toward Puligny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Meursault 1er Cru Santenots 2024 is 100% Chardonnay, fermented and aged in barrel with only light bâtonnage, so the lees add texture without making the wine heavy. The domaine has used about a quarter new oak for this wine in past vintages, in barrels larger than the standard 228 liters, which softens the oak's imprint. 2024 was brutally wet, with rainfall close to double normal through winter and spring and long mildew pressure, but Chardonnay came through better than Pinot Noir, and the Côte de Beaune whites are taut, saline and precise. Peeled stone fruit and white nectarine, a trace of vanilla and cedar, then a creamy but focused mid-palate, pink grapefruit pith and a long, energetic finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe People\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe biodynamic turn at d'Angerville came through friendship. Guillaume d'Angerville began converting the domaine in 2006 on the advice of his close friend, the late Anne-Claude Leflaive, whose Puligny domaine was one of Burgundy's biodynamic pioneers. The work in the vineyards is led by François Duvivier, régisseur since 2005, who oversees farming, vinification and élevage. Guillaume's brother-in-law, the agronomist Renaud de Villette, worked alongside Jacques d'Angerville for more than a decade and helped Guillaume through his first years in charge. Guillaume credits biodynamics with making the vines more resilient to a changing climate and with lower pH in the grapes, which shows up as freshness in a white like Santenots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSantenots has the body for dishes that would overwhelm a lighter white. Seared scallops with brown butter and a squeeze of lemon match its creamy texture and citrus finish. Roast chicken with morels in a cream sauce is the Burgundian classic for a white Meursault. Lobster with drawn butter, or a lobster risotto, meets the wine's weight head on, and Dover sole meunière shows off its salinity. White Burgundy from a Volnay domaine is a genuine conversation piece, and this is the bottle to pour when the dinner is special enough to make the effort.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stelvio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51408274653407,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0439\/7436\/1248\/files\/P9170332.jpg?v=1789709889","url":"https:\/\/danverwinemerchant.com\/products\/domaine-marquis-d-angerville-meursault-1er-cru-santenots-2024","provider":"Denver Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}