2004 Château Angélus

Community Tasting Notes (102) Avg Score: 93.1 points

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  4/13/2024 - steinersing wrote: 93 Points

  Round, smooth - no edges - better than expected for 2004

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  2/28/2024 - Tao wrote: 92 Points

  Unbelievably rich and intense, with a high-octane performance, sitting at fourteen per cent alcohol, this may be in danger of running out of balance, at this moment, it is all well! But what about its future performance?

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  2/24/2024 - Cailles wrote: 88 Points

  Bordeaux 2004 - 20 Years On - 33 Reds: All wines tasted blind, not decanted. Observations: 1) 2004 is a mediocre vintage overall, with many pleasant wines, but without the depth of better years. 2) At the top, the vintage produced some classic, old-school wines with lots of freshness and fresh fruit. 3) At the lower end, many wines lacked fruit and ripe tannins, resulting in some astringent and slightly drying wines. 4) An alarming number of Right Bank wines (5 out of 16, no Left Bank wine) were oxidized, including some heavyweights like Petrus, Evangile or Figeac. An unacceptably high proportion of faulty wines. 5) I’m not sure that the 2004 are currently in a good phase, many of my scores were lower than in previous tastings. The question is if it’s just a weaker phase or the beginning of the end. 6) At the top and the only wine >95pts was a layered Le Pin (rated 96pts), with a charming Vieux Chateau Certan, a surprising Issan and Clos l'Eglise, as well as an elegant Lafite sharing second place (all rated 94pts).
  
  TN: Not overly expressive nose with some dark berries but not much more. On the palate astringent and drying. A nice dark fruit core, with minerality and some chocolate around it. Not too much depth, slightly off balance and structure. With time it gets better and rounder with a less astringent sensation but still, its not a good wine today. I had much better bottles of this and rated it up to 94pts as it was more open and had more depth.

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  1/25/2024 - Philip67 Does not like this wine: 89 Points

  From double magnum, so I expected it to be really fresh and primary but it is surprisingly evolved. 2004 can be lean and green and whilst Angelus is never lean the finish is beginning to dry out. Medium plus body, good tannin and acidity. The palate is not entirely clean but has notes of black fruits and lots of tertiary leather. Medium length, some complexity. This bottle is not in good condition. I would expect a much higher score for this wine.

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  11/17/2023 - dream Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This has good richness for an '04 with the classic Angelus opulence without excessive ripeness. There is lovely smoky blackberry fruit with a velvety texture and a refined, taut finish showing notes of bitter chocolate and berry pie. A fine example of this terroir kept in check by the vintage. At Commanderie/Knights of Alba dinner.

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