2005 Château Angélus

Red Bordeaux Blend

englishman's claret wrote:

January 6, 2024 - Unlike most 2005s I've tasted over the past couple of years, I didn't have the chance to sit with this at home and follow it over a long period. So who knows, maybe it was open at the start and shut down, maybe it would have opened up in time. But over the couple of hours that I had it in the glass at dinner, it was brutally shut down. A big heap of fruit, shrouded in oak as young Angelus of this era is. Forbidding at the moment, demanding (not asking for) another decade.

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Mark1npt commented:

1/6/24, 8:56 AM - EC, thanks for the update on this one...it was more open for business from '17-'19 then really shut down pretty hard. I tried another in '21 and it was just barely approachable with a lot of air. Sounds like it's still wound pretty tight from what you are suggesting. I'll def save my few remaining bottles for the next decade.....cheers!
englishman's claret commented:

1/6/24, 9:01 AM - That's helpful - I'm interested but not surprised to hear it's woven in and out like that. These 2005s are nothing if not reluctant, though I'll be excited to dig in in about a decade.
Mark1npt commented:

1/6/24, 9:05 AM - Yes, I had it at the Chateau in '17, it was so good I immediately picked some up when we got back home. The one in '19 was so beautiful, in '21 it needed a lot of time and coaxing and still wasn't as good. There is no doubt that these complex Bdxs, some with a 50 year lifespan, rise and fall like the tides quite a few times during their lives. Twenty years ago, in my first decade of drinking so-so wines I never would have dreamt that. Now, I know better.....We just need to catch them at the right time.....Happy New Year!
englishman's claret commented:

1/6/24, 9:11 AM - Happy New Year to you, Mark!