1982 Château d'Angludet

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  12/24/2022 - SussexRH Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Opened after dinner on Christmas Eve. Immediately open and expressive, sweet ripe fruit and Christmas cake; beautifully balanced with a richness of texture, soft tannins and a long finish. Drinking perfectly now but no reason it shouldn’t go another 5-10 years, very few tertiary notes now and still fruit-forward.
  
  [day 3 update, recorked with ~250ml left in the bottle: still going strong, softer texture though still with some grip on the finish; aromas of blueberry and Parma violets starting to emerge.]

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  4/15/2021 - magicchef Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This wine was one of my greatest pleasures in recent years. Beautifully aged, remarkably smooth, and not at all 'old-tasting'. It lasted a week sprayed with argon, and only improved just a little. The fruit was still there, and definitely oak. A taste only achieved with age. There was magic in 1982. Alcohol is 11.5%.This is not a misprint, but an homage to the exquisitely balanced wines of the past.

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  10/31/2020 - chatters wrote:

  Chateau d'Angludet mini vertical (KC's place): a slightly riper version of the 83 with a little more savoury spice and biscuit. Juicy medium plus intensity acidity, sweetly fruit, talc textured tannin burr on the mid palate is persistent. Leather, cigar box, cedar, mushroom, a little alcohol warmth, broad, long, nice. with time black tea and pepper spice start to come through as well.

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  4/30/2018 - lightning wrote:

  No formal notes taken, but recall plenty of tertiary notes - mushrooms, leather, is still holding onto a touch of fruit and still a smear of tannins remaining. In the retirement village now, best to drink up.

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  11/24/2016 - jmase wrote: 93 Points

  great nose. We drank right away and smooth as silk. Loved it.

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