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• G.M. wrote: 93 points

  November 19, 2023 - Good but subtle. If you were drinking this without thinking over casual conversation it would be lost. But if you sniff and ponder it reveals subtle and compelling complexity. Violets, cigar box, iron emerge from the cassis and cedar. Gritty, drying tannin. (93 Excellent wine)

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• mflesh wrote:

  June 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!!

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• pavel_p Likes this wine: 93 points

  September 11, 2022 - Perfect bottle with an in neck / bottom neck fill, only bottom 3-4mm of cork soaked, clean top. Pnp. Fairly dark garnet in the glass, thin translucent rim, no browning. Elegant nose with fairly deep dark fruit. Round dark fruit on the palate, the Merlot is showing, leather. With more air the tannins become more prominent. With even more air this resolves nicely though. Good length.
  A very nice Angelus in what was a rather challenging vintage on the Right Bank. Doubt this will improve but should hold for another 10 years given the structure is there.

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• Burgundy Al wrote: 93 points

  September 8, 2022 - 1996 Dinner...Top Champagne, Burgundy, Bordeaux (Park Ridge Country Club): Still needs lots more cellar time, but so much here.

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• Andice wrote: 96 points

  March 5, 2022 - This is smoking good....everything you want in a top bracket right banker. Rounded, resolved yet energetic. With poise and length. WOTN

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Château Angélus
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
• UPC Codes 071570012878, 091882438272, 6717785009992

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• Pending Delivery 53 (2%)
• In Cellars 1,397 (59%)
• Consumed 904 (38%)

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