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1996 Château Angélus |
| Vintage | 1996 |  Label 1 of 26   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Château Angélus (web) | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Libournais | ||
| Appellation | St. Émilion Grand Cru |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 14 notes) | |
| Tasted by Goldstone on 8/29/2009 & rated 92 points: Angela's Birthday Party (Crown Wine Cellars, Hong Kong): Decanted for around 2 hours beforehand. Dark blood red colour lightening to almost translucent at the edges. Reticent, slightly burnt rubber nose........sawn wood, needs more time. The palate is lovely silky fruit balanced by tart and still quite tannic structure. Leather undertones. Big length and resonance with a gorgeous rolling thunder aftermath and finish. Very lovely but needs a lot more time to evolve and show its true self. (741 views) | |
| Tasted by Ary on 5/22/2009 & rated 90 points: At Wijn Antiq Amsterdam (blind tasting Left bank, nineties). 3 hours open. Elegant wine in quite a classic style. Nice fruit but sill closed nose, comes over as (96) LEFT Bank - Saint Julien or Pauillac more than Saint Emilion. Will probably improve with few years more cellaring. (1076 views) | |
| Tasted by Rick-again on 5/3/2009 & rated 91 points: This was slightly edged out by the 89 LaDominique V dark in color, chaulky, lots of tannis back and forth throughout the finish with the fruit mainly tart dark berries this wine is just going to get better but i would not hessitate to decant and drink now (1129 views) | |
| Tasted by unrelenting on 3/27/2008 & rated 92 points: Windy City Wine Tasting (Lincoln Park, Chicago): Disappointment of the tasting - should have decanted more than the 3 hrs we had. (1949 views) | |
| Tasted by tbuysse on 1/23/2008 & rated 94 points: What would one expect from Angelus? Amazing. Open for business, and the window will not close for at least 5 years. Style, body and finesse. By the way: in an interview in a Belgian newspaper the owners of Angelus (Boüard family) indicated that the 2001 had even more potential than the fabulous 2000... Just to know if you compare the price of the 2000 versus the 2001. (2190 views) | |
| Tasted by AllRed on 12/16/2007 & rated 94 points: Tasted double blind at the December Blind Drunks tasting. Garnet color. Aromas of tar, leather, blackberry and dark fruit. Loads of dark fruit on the palate, with fresh herbs, earth and a long, rich finish. Absolutely wonderful. Picked it out as Bordeaux, but did not have a guess as to vintage or appellation. Need to keep an eye out for this one. (2177 views) | |
| Tasted by wpd on 11/1/2007 & rated 92 points: Wonderful. Could use more time. Dusty tannins, dark almost opaque color, red fruit. (2591 views) | |
| Tasted by winefool on 4/12/2007 & rated 94 points: eBob Angelus vs. Leoville Las Cases Vertical (Onesixtyblue): Opaque black/red color. Bright tight black fruit with coffee hints. Nice rich round bright black fruit with sweet hints. Young but very nice. (3131 views) | |
| Tasted by Grinner on 11/11/2006 & rated 90 points: barely held it's own amongst thirty 1996's; some classic tobacco and cedar, a bit of tar on the palate along with the medium depth of fruit. Enjoyable but slightly short, wouldn't wait long. (2905 views) | |
| Tasted by mattowan on 5/21/2006 & rated 93 points: So young. Powerful tannins right upfront. Settled down after 5 hours to reveal earth, a little smoked meat, and some rich, red fruit. Really, really nice pairing to beef wellington. Wait another 5 years. (3428 views) | |
| Tasted by kstoddard on 12/19/2005 & rated 92 points: (2129 views) | |
| Tasted by Richard Jennings on 3/6/2004 & rated 94 points: Deep, espresso palate, very tight yet; medium finish (954 views) | |
| Tasted by Vino Me on 11/27/2002 & rated 93 points: My favorite of the tasting as well. It is primarily Cabernet Franc. A deep brick red color. It had a phenomenal nose filled with gamey and woody noted. Bold with rich slightly bitter fruit. Still tannic and needs time. 92-93 points. (2728 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 9/26/1999 & rated 88 points: Pre Auction Wine Tasting w/ Angelus/Palmer/La Mission Haut Brion (NYC): Lots of concentration, but the fruit seems a bit green. Astringent as well. Time may mellow this wine out. (2300 views) |
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About red wine The variety Red Bordeaux Blend on CellarTracker implies any blend using any or all of the five traditional Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. As such, this is used worldwide, whether for wines from Bordeaux, Meritages from California and Canada, some Super-Tuscan wines etc. Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia) Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) | Simple Bordeaux primer Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984. As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as: - sales price levels - national and international commercial distribution - the estate's reputation on the market Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville. The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas. By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case. Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths  category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?
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