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1998 Château Angélus |
| Vintage | 1998 |  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 93 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 43 notes) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 2/6/2010: Softened red fruits - cherry and chocolate notes. Fine structure. Medium body. Classy. Very nice. (54 views) | |
| Tasted by JJA on 12/25/2009: Wine of the night. Beautiful aroma. Full-bodied. Classic Bordeaux style and elegance but with some punch. Glad we have more of this. (344 views) | |
| Tasted by ed-d on 11/17/2009 & rated 96 points: A lot of mocha on the nose. Tight, clean plum with tight tannins & excellent sweetness. Beautiful wine! (561 views) | |
| Tasted by Ary on 7/6/2009 & rated 92 points: At Frits house 6th July 2009, tasted blind. Theme right bank (with Pavie and Evangile 98). Wide layered, lots of fruits (cherries) and tannins but seems closed! Probably too young, can 'chew' this wine. Clearly right bank nose with fruits, vanilla and cream. Need to wait some time before we open the next bottle. 2014 - > (1085 views) | |
| Tasted by Gee on 7/4/2009 & rated 95 points: Exceptional (1094 views) | |
| Tasted by markcvino on 5/6/2009 & rated 94 points: (1006 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 4/27/2009 & rated 95 points: (1069 views) | |
| Tasted by ikkaariainen on 2/9/2009 & rated 92 points: Really good aged and mature bdx entering prime drinking window enjoyed earlier tonight with the second flite of wines at the Hickory Wine Club tasting at Lake Hickory CC. RP rated 93. Dark purple, well balanced, very smooth with excellent mouth feel and a very long pleasant lingering aftertaste. Nose of light barnyard which blew over quickly with underlying smoke and dark fruit. Primary flavors included terroir, leather, dark fruit and black pepper. Highly recommend this wine. (1533 views) | |
| Tasted by zimmy07 on 12/27/2008 & rated 92 points: really good wine with sweet dark fruits, baking spice, and some undertones of chocolate. Really well balanced wine (1701 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 12/22/2008: All dark fruits and spice. Plum and mocha Merlot influenced notes. Really classy, patrician wine. Soft but young, with a medium-grain tannic finish. Really good. (1703 views) | |
| Tasted by dthompson on 12/8/2008 & rated 91 points: Only had 1 bottle in the cellar. Decided to try it. Alas, should have waited another 3-4 years. Great nose. Very well balanced but tannins still dominate. Very well balanced. (1899 views) | |
| Tasted by LEOCORP on 11/24/2008 & rated 95 points: Dark Ruby rim, black fruits cedar wood wet stones complex nose, in the mouth the wine is rich and silky and full of flavours of chocolate blackcurrant mocha and coffee. This wine is medium - full body this wine is still a baby the finish last for minutes I love this estate. (1835 views) | |
| Tasted by Tree512 on 11/19/2008 & rated 91 points: Great bouquet on opening but even with extended and vigorous airation was closed, closed, closed. Not at all like the 1990 which was singing after 10 years, for instance. Lots of meat and stuffing there, just not on display. I would hold for at least 5 more years and probably closer to 10. (1925 views) | |
| Tasted by argon on 11/5/2008 & rated 92 points: Excellent wine. Nice Oak taste. Very nice finish. Improved quite a bit after decanting. (1843 views) | |
| Tasted by Roughl on 10/28/2008 & rated 93 points: La Conseillante and Angelus dinner (Chai & Bar): Again a blockbuster, with so much poise, class, length. Still too young. I really like this wine. (1996 views) | |
| Tasted by Blair Curtis on 10/25/2008 & rated 95 points: A 10-Years-Out Retrospective of 1998 St. Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe B (Vancouver, B.C.): For me, this was the clear Wine of the Night. Great deep black fruit nose. Gorgeous deep bold rich wine. Ultra-fine tannins - and lots of them. Amazing texture and mouthfeel. Some pastille on the palate and in the nasal cavity. An excellent wine that leaves a memorable impression. (1848 views) | |
| Tasted by MRichman on 6/14/2008: 1998 Bordeaux horizontal POURED BLIND (Morton's NYC): A bit tight, juicy purple, dense and a bit sweet. Long acidic tannic finish. Complex with chewy beautiful core. B+/A- (2277 views) | |
| Tasted by Alpine on 3/22/2008 & rated 92 points: (1818 views) | |
| Tasted by kstoddard on 3/14/2008 & rated 91 points: (1829 views) | |
| Tasted by loverboy on 11/27/2007 & rated 94 points: Angelus & Pichon Lalande wine dinner @ King Power (Bangkok, Thailand): Deep dark ruby color with tons of fruits, scent of blackberries, quite strong tannin. Need another 3-4 years of cellaring Very nice wine, (3292 views) | |
| Tasted by PeterH on 11/15/2007 & rated 96 points: To Atlanta... (3786 views) | |
| Tasted by goofy Yno on 6/6/2007 & rated 94 points: cherry, smoky charred oak, tobacco, , good mouth, fine grain tannins. nice finish (3716 views) | |
| Tasted by jivey on 6/6/2007 & rated 96 points: Backstreet wine bistro - Cherry, tabacco, huge nose, tight a bit closed excellent finish. This was a shocker for me as it held up with everything from the Bordeaux tasting and was $80 on release. MUST BUY MORE. (3728 views) | |
| Tasted by mattiasjansson on 6/6/2007 & rated 94 points: Backstreet - Bordeaux (Backstreet Wine Salon, Phoenix): I really liked this but didn't take any real notes as the main course arrived. Beautiful nose. Great fruit, balance. Exactly what I'm looking for in a Bordeaux. (3870 views) | |
| Tasted by kstoddard on 6/6/2007 & rated 93 points: Phoenix eRP Offline - Bordeaux (Backstreet Wine Salon, Phoenix): Blackberry, black cherry, pencil lead. Huge concentration. Nice mid palate complexity. Rich, brooding finish with mouth coating tannins. Very young. (3978 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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