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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.7 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 50 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Tao on 8/4/2023 & rated 91 points: Simple and rustic! As a 14%, I can't detect any heat, however, I can feel a bit of extraction, rich, woody fruits on the palate, drinking rather nicely at this point of its life. (902 views) | | | Tasted by mflesh on 6/17/2023: What's better than one Angelus? Two!! BNO dinner. The 02 was less Bordeaux-y than the 96, so it was my favorite. The 96 was really rocking and although I didn't ask, this one probably either was decanted before the event or was just more in the wheelhouse. The 02 definitely was showing more blackberry and less truffle, smoke and leather. Both of these wines are medium++ bodied wines, finishing with a moderate black pepper note on the 02 and a tamer, calmer smoked cedar and alder wood, ashy finish with a milder black pepper note. Really good wines with the porcini pork!! (1058 views) | | | Tasted by pclin on 1/2/2023 & rated 90 points: Extracted and new worldish, I guessed it was from Napa. Not the best vintage for this producer. (1568 views) | | | Tasted by melvinyeowq on 1/2/2023 & rated 89 points: Beat the '89 Angelus: Had strong notes of hawthorn and tea leaves very similar to '98 Groffier Amoureuses a couple of months ago. Not sure what caused two completely different wines to show so similarly but in both instances this note was quite distracting. In any case this felt over-extracted and the structure of the wine was lacking to support the fruit. (1788 views) | | | Tasted by linkswinelover6549 on 12/3/2022 & rated 92 points: Still drinking fantastic (1355 views) | | | Tasted by rcb25 on 3/4/2022 flawed bottle: Regrettably, tons of volatile acidity rendered this undrinkable. (1798 views) | | | Tasted by Cailles on 11/28/2021 & rated 91 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: Deep dark nose with dark red and dark berries, quite ripe but not too ripe, crushed rocks, wet slate and some fresh herbs. Could be more expressive and precise. On the palate this is nice with fresh dark fruit, herbs and mnerality, some hints of coffee, probably a bit drying towards the finish but with otherwise fine tannins. Good acidity, good length and balance. Missing a touch of creamy- and sexiness. Will likely not have a long life but today easily drinks on a 91 pts level. (3069 views) | | | Tasted by sirpat00 on 11/22/2021 & rated 95 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:
Ripe, pretty extracted fruit but actually hitting the sweet spot, a bit of mocha, tobacco, dried herbs and black tea. Dense, firmly structured. The palate came across in overdrive, needed time to settle and reach cruising altitude, but otherwise pretty impressive. Would have ventured an even higher score but when returning for a second round I felt there were some off-notes in the mix. (2013 views) | | | Tasted by Genghis88 on 5/21/2021 & rated 91 points: @Ancora restaurant
Ruby red with bricking rim
Classic Bordeaux nose. Leather, cedar, earthy tones
Smooth. Tannin is still there. Medium finish. Some licorice.
Austere. Chalky. All tertiary components. (2186 views) | | | Tasted by ARosenberry on 11/21/2020 & rated 94 points: Broke this puppy out for a beautiful steak dinner with my girlfriend next to the ocean and palm trees. Deep ruby color and like velvet on the tongue. Luscious macerated black cherries, tobacco and baseball glove leather. Paired with a long bone ribeye and chocolate mousse. Divine! (2375 views) | | | Tasted by Genghis88 on 6/14/2020 & rated 93 points: Rar visiting from Dallas
Full day decant. Opened at 07:30.
Dark Ox-blood, thick in color. Medium sediment.
AMAZING nose!!!! Floral notes, pencil lead, meaty hints, red plum, tobacco, herbaceous (mint, thyme, lavender)
Thick, full bodied wine. Long finish. Tastes like the nose. WOW! For a tougher vintage Angelus delivers a fantastic drinking experience. Drink now as its at its peak. (2384 views) | | | Tasted by bhankins on 5/24/2020 & rated 95 points: Consumed on 25th anniversary (2092 views) | | | Tasted by dnnk88 on 4/22/2020 & rated 94 points: 3rd CB Wine Night - Merlots!: Pedigree stuff (2172 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 2/11/2020: Had Chateau Angelus wine tasting dinner at Tung Le Private Dining. Public Relations Manager of Angelus Bong Grelat-Tram was supposed to join for this event but couldn't make it due to the Covid19.
Carillon de Angelus 2014 (2nd wine of Angelus)
Angelus 2014 (decanted for 2 hours)
Angelus 2010 (double decanting for 2 hours)
Angelus 2002
Angelus 1989
My wine of the night goes to 1989 Angelus. Blackberry, spice, liquorice, cedar, toast, coffee, chocolate. Still rich and powerful and in its perfect drinking window. Can last easily another 10-15 years.
2010 Angelus, if not of the 2 hours double decanting, it's probably not ready to drink yet or at the start of the drinking window. Some hints of greens, jam, rich, firm and yet balance tannin, medium+ acidity with a long finish. It was the second wine of the night, it was not hard to choose 1989 Angelus over 2010 even though RP score almost a perfect 100 for 2010 Angelus simply because it's still closed yet. I will imagine 2010 Angelus performing well better than 1989 Angelus in the next 5 years to come.
Even though 2014 Carillon de Angelus is still a very young wine, it's very approachable now and compares to its bigger brother 2002 and 2014 Angelus, it actually more friendly and drinking well on the taste palate.
2014 Angelus is simply in short, its there to show the comparison to its 2nd label. While the second label it's drinking well, the first label is closed and simply a waste to drink now. It's just too young. Black fruits, vanilla, spices with medium+ acid, medium+ tannin, long finish.
2002 is probably at its tail end of drinking window. Red fruits, plum, chocolate, spices. Will not improve any further. Suggest to drink up. (1880 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 8/24/2019: 4th Saturday group "uptown" tasting (M&R's): Blind. Opens with a bouillon note, along with stewy dark fruit and plum. Plum and red fruit on the palate. Not completely undrinkable, but not very good. Unfortunately this was our bottle, and not the first from the Binny's purchase to show these cooked/stewed notes. (2414 views) | | | Tasted by Aquatarkus on 7/22/2019 & rated 90 points: Very dark colour, a lot of sediment in the bottle. Left in the decanter for an hour before dinner, but the wine was even better a couple of hours after the meal.
Flowery smell, fruity taste. Smooth not sharp. No acid, very little tannins. Not as powerful as I was expecting, but extremely pleasant with food. This is my only Ch. Angelus so I can't compare with other vintages, but my feeling is that this is probably not going to improve with longer keeping. (1907 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 4/30/2018 & rated 92 points: Angelus Dinner: This shows the best of what you can get out of a poor right bank vintage; it doesn't try to paper over anything. Rather, it willingly surrenders the fat that the vintage didn't give to capitalize on the elegant profile of plums, violet, redcurrant, and cedar that the vintage endowed. No trying to beef this up with oak. You don't get the 1990 - but it's OK. You get an honest, wholly enjoyable expression of Angelus that teaches you something about the terroir. (3877 views) | | | Tasted by ptmotr on 3/1/2018 & rated 91 points: This was very pleasant and a solid example of what a Grand Cru St. Emilion should be. Lots of dark fruit, as noted by others, and great balance. Almost no sign of aging - slightly muted fruit but otherwise fresh, no browning and minimal leather on the palate. One surprise was a large amount of sediment, which started to appear in the fourth glass even though the wine had been sitting upright for about two weeks. Coffee filter time. I think the CT consensus of 91.5 points on this wine is about right - it's a fine but not truly exceptional Bordeaux. I'd estimate that this has at least another five good years if properly cellared, and probably longer. (2986 views) | | | Tasted by Orgel on 2/25/2016: St Marys auction 2016 (6653 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 10/11/2015 & rated 93 points: Second Sunday Group: 2007 Chateauneuf-du-Pape (R&D's): Notes of incense, violets and black fruit. Full-bodied and balanced, with loads of dark fruit on the palate. Notes of violets, incense and forest floor add complexity. Excellent. (5652 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 8/8/2015 & rated 88 points: Bell pepper and white pepper on the nose with black raspberry, dry earth and leather notes. Lacks depth and finish on the palate although the tannins are no longer an issue. The flaws are better tolerated when paired with food, in this case a pasta with anchovies and mushrooms. Decanted one hour. 88- (6464 views) | | | Tasted by Mathijs81 on 6/5/2015 & rated 90 points: Somewhat disappointed ( tasted against the 2004 vintage, it fell apart ).
Still an exquisite wine, but lacking depth on all bases. (4809 views) | | | Tasted by pipegarcia on 3/12/2015 & rated 98 points: Wao!!!! Dark, inky body with aromas of spices, black fruit, coffee and flowers. This wine is fully mature with resolve tannins, little acidity and full body. Long caudalis. (5260 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 3/2/2015 & rated 90 points: More interesting on the nose, with its earth, tobacco, cherry and thyme personality, than on the medium bodied palate, with its sightly rustic tannins and dark, red plum character. (3232 views) | | | Tasted by Mathijs81 on 9/25/2014 & rated 90 points: My first ever Angelus from period 2000-2010. Drank with a good buddy, I opened the 2002 out of curiosity.
They all said the 2002 vintage was quite poor, but hey ... a fine Château will always produce a fine wine.
In all honesty, my expectations exceeded the total package of this 2002 ( nose, flavour, taste, etc ).
But still a fantastic St. Emilion 1GCCB, but I've tasted better, hence the 90 points.
Future ... guess it will last for a couple more years .... another five or so. (3225 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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| Château Angélus Producer website - Read more about Chateau AngelusRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanLibournais Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) - Read more about St. Emilion and its wines - Read more about Pomerol and its wines
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 B 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..?St. Émilion Grand Cru Les Vins de St. Émilion (Syndicate Vitocole de Saint-Emilion) – Read about St. Emilion
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Soil: Sandy soils with alluvial gravel deposits
Surface Area: 4,160 ha |
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