2019 Bordeaux Tasting, MW tasting (Vintner's Hall, London): 60% Mer 40% CS, 1450%, bottle open 2-3hr before Heady, feels heavier than the 1st growths tasted before it, blue fruit, black fruit, floral notes, there is a strange coffee note right in the back that comes back and forth. Palate shows power, depth of fruit, blue and black fruit, juicy and big tannins, a touch of warmth, very fruit forward, cuts shorter than expected though
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I agree with Jeff the expert here. Hedonistic indeed! And you know how he raves about the sixty second finish - this actually has that! Finesse and Power in a most refined way! Backend fruits are so succulent and rich! This is an amazing knockout bottle! Can be drank now, but I'm sure it's future will provide even more thrills and 100 points. Love it!
Intellectual hedonism is the name of the game here. Opaque ruby in color, the first thing you notice is all the just picked, spring flowers before moving on to all the smoke, fennel, espresso, black and red fruits and earthy nuances. Concentrated layers of velvety fruits are all over the place here with their continuous display of red and black fruits. The finish, with its cashmere tannins and vibrancy sticks with you for over 50 seconds. This stunning wine is going to age and evolve for decades and will be seen as one of the top vintages of Chateau Angelus. Drink from 2034-2055.
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Deep, almost opaque ruby in color, the wine loads you up with flowers, licorice, smoke, wet earth, spice, vanilla along with red with black fruits on the nose. Classically styled,( in a good way,) the wine is precise, focused, energetic and pure. Silk with structure are what you notice on the palate along with multiple layers of perfectly ripe, concentrated plums, cherries and blackberries that linger and expand. The wine was made from blending 60% Merlot with 40% Cabernet Franc reaching 14.5 Alcohol with a pH of 3.65. The wine is aging in 100% new, French oak, however, 40% of the Cabernet Franc is aged in foudres, allowing the oak to have almost finished integrating into the wine. The harvest took place September 21-October 9. 97-99 Pts
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10/31/2023 - kostaslonis wrote:
2019 Bordeaux Tasting, MW tasting (Vintner's Hall, London): 60% Mer 40% CS, 1450%, bottle open 2-3hr before
Heady, feels heavier than the 1st growths tasted before it, blue fruit, black fruit, floral notes, there is a strange coffee note right in the back that comes back and forth.
Palate shows power, depth of fruit, blue and black fruit, juicy and big tannins, a touch of warmth, very fruit forward, cuts shorter than expected though
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9/12/2023 - Marquis du Vin Likes this wine: 98 Points
I agree with Jeff the expert here. Hedonistic indeed! And you know how he raves about the sixty second finish - this actually has that! Finesse and Power in a most refined way! Backend fruits are so succulent and rich! This is an amazing knockout bottle! Can be drank now, but I'm sure it's future will provide even more thrills and 100 points. Love it!
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3/29/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points
Intellectual hedonism is the name of the game here. Opaque ruby in color, the first thing you notice is all the just picked, spring flowers before moving on to all the smoke, fennel, espresso, black and red fruits and earthy nuances. Concentrated layers of velvety fruits are all over the place here with their continuous display of red and black fruits. The finish, with its cashmere tannins and vibrancy sticks with you for over 50 seconds. This stunning wine is going to age and evolve for decades and will be seen as one of the top vintages of Chateau Angelus. Drink from 2034-2055.
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6/20/2020 - LB88 wrote: 95 Points
So much potential and just a beautiful perfumed nose.
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6/16/2020 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points
Deep, almost opaque ruby in color, the wine loads you up with flowers, licorice, smoke, wet earth, spice, vanilla along with red with black fruits on the nose. Classically styled,( in a good way,) the wine is precise, focused, energetic and pure. Silk with structure are what you notice on the palate along with multiple layers of perfectly ripe, concentrated plums, cherries and blackberries that linger and expand. The wine was made from blending 60% Merlot with 40% Cabernet Franc reaching 14.5 Alcohol with a pH of 3.65. The wine is aging in 100% new, French oak, however, 40% of the Cabernet Franc is aged in foudres, allowing the oak to have almost finished integrating into the wine. The harvest took place September 21-October 9. 97-99 Pts
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