1959 Château Angélus

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 95 points

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  6/8/2023 - Vinum Deorum wrote: 96 Points

  Delicious old Angelus, made at a time where the Chateau was not as prominent as it is today. Nose of leather, cedar wood, graphite, hints of . Aromas of cherry, orange peel, faded rose. Good structure with a nice acidity that brings tension and freshness. Pretty long and elegant in a very natural and effortless manner. Not quite as precise as modern era vintages, but charmingly complex and elegant.

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  10/30/2021 - lifebreath wrote: 95 Points

  Another exceptional bottle ex chateau.

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  7/22/2020 - Cailles wrote: 95 Points

  Aged Bordeaux Gems (with Unico/Heitz MV in the mix): Magnum. Mid shoulder level. This Angelus was singing. Superb nose, layered palate, creamy, sweet, luxurious and with a very good length. This was an absolute treat and although it is a completely different style of wine, it was on the heels of the magical Haut Brion 1959 we had next to it. The only downside. It didn’t held up that well for too long. These 95 points are for the superb first 15 minutes. Afterwards it crushed slightly with signs of age tainting the picture.
  
  TN: Fantastic, singular nose with molasse, malt, sweet honey note, pancakes well balance by a herbal and mineral component. Very fresh palate layers and layers of red fruit, herbs, minerality, cola, honey, vanilla, leather and malt. Superb texture, sweet, creamy, fresh, great balance and harmony and with very fine tannins and a still ok tension. You could sense that this is great but will probably collapse anytime soon – it than happened after 15 minutes (instead of one or the other hour I suspected).
  
  Decanting: Double decanted only. This bottle couldn’t handle more air.

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  6/27/2020 - sirpat00 wrote: 92 Points

  Magnum rarities tasting (Near Basel): This was part of a rarity old wine tasting hosted by a merchant and collector. All (almost) bottles were from magnum and double-decanted. The line-ups was dominated by aged Bordeaux, but also included two vintages of Unico and one from Martha's Vineyard. The undisputed winners were Pichon Lalande 82 and Lynch Bages 82. The most memorable, however, was the Pontet Canet 29 and St Croix Dumonts 21. The Unico (60, 65) were underwhelming as was – once again for me – Mouton 82.
  
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  Double decanted, from magnum. Bee wax and sweet flavours and lots of sweet, sugar coated berries. Although not everybody agreed, unfortunately for me first hints of soy sauce popping up after a while in the glass. Rather acidic on the palate and in my view past its peak – but then again, let him who is still in perfect shape at the age of 61 cast the first stone...

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  6/27/2020 - G_H wrote: 97 Points

  Richter magnum tasting, all wines out of Magnum: Truly a spefcial wine, it had an expressive nose with malt, grilled bell peppers, licorice, vanilla, beautifully sweet in that dense and long palate!

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