1993 Château Angélus

Community Tasting Notes (57) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  9/11/2023 - llink wrote: 90 Points

  Double decanted 2 hours before dinner. Purchased on release (sticker shows $40). Low neck fill, pristine cork, with absolutely no seepage on the sides of the cork. Some sediment so decanting was helpful. Initial impressions immediately after opening, black/red color still quite youthful appearance. The nose is a mix of cassis and musty/leathery cedar. Bright palate, still quite youthful with a core of red fruited acidity and a silky texture without much depth. Will update after dinner.
  
  Post dinner. The wine did not evolve much after 2+ hours. The nose is classic Bordeaux, showing an old world character, with aromas of cedar closet, leather and dried fruit. The palate was less charming, a bit one dimensional, with plenty of life but not much in the way of hedonism or complexity. Short finish.

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  4/14/2023 - Gregmonroe wrote:

  So I bought a cellar; 11/12/2022-12/31/2030: This wine showed well. Exactly as Expected.
  Lots of red fruit, but in a reserved way.

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  9/15/2022 - gcarl wrote: 93 Points

  Upon P&P. nose was barnyard, but within 15 minutes of being decanted, this had blown off and fruit forward, which was nice given its' 23 year age. Throughout the first hour or so at dinner, it became more interesting. Glad to have one more of this vintage.

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  11/28/2021 - Cailles wrote: 80 Points

  20 Vintages of Angelus (1988-2015): All wines tasted single blind. A few observations and conclusions: It seems that until more recently, Angelus focused on late picking, big wines with too much extraction. Most pre 2004 wines we tasted did not show well and are drying out or already have. The younger vintages showed better but only time will tell if the 2004 to 2015 vintages will age more gracefully. An experienced Angelus collector mentioned a style shift towards more finesse right after the promotion to Premier Grand Cru Classe A with the 2012 vintage. It would have been great to include more of the recent vintages (we had only 09/10/14/15) to better understand when and to what extent that shift happened. Still, there are some very good wines with the 2010 being the WOTN (rated 96+ pts, the structuredness, freshness and purity of the vintage shines through), narrowly ahead of the 2008 (96pts, these 2008 right banks are singing these days and are incredibly fresh) as well as two wines with 95 pts, the 2005 (slightly closed but lots of complexity and no structural deficits) and the 2015 (showcasing the stylistic shift: there aren’t many 2015s out there that share the light- and airiness and perfect ripeness level and purity with their respective 2010 counterparts).
  
  TN: Not much expression on the nose. On the palate this again quite extracted but misses a bit of substance and length. Not much fruit left. Only minerality and herbs, lots of unintegrated acidity and drying tannins. This is not good. Well past its prime and dried out but at least no oxidative notes. 80 pts is generous.

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  11/22/2021 - sirpat00 wrote: 93 Points

  Angélus vertical (Fribourg): Angélus vertical of 20 vintages. Main observations were : 1/ Older vintages before the mid-2000s often suffered from drying tannin and showed a lot of extraction, 2/ Younger vintages quickly benefited from aeration hence decanting advised, 3/ the fruit profile became darker over time 4/ best vintage to drink today: 2004. All wines were directly poured with no prior decant and served in flights of 4.
  
  Tasting note:
  Dried tobacco leaves, leather, red cherry and dark cherry. Densely knit aromatically, even if not overly expressive. More fruity on the palate but with both lots of acidity and tannin. Not really well integrated.
  Tasting note:
  Not overly expressive, a bit of earth and leather, otherwise mostly red and some darker berry fruit with herbal overlays. Fresh and juicy palate again with a long finish, also finding tobacco here. Maybe balance could be better…

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