The best vintages of Château Angelus

Premier grand cru classé A - AOC Saint-Emilion

Located in Gironde Saint-Émilionthe château Angélus is owned by the de Boüard de Laforest family.

He has obtained the status of 1er grand cru classé A in the Saint-Emilion (AOC) in 2012.

This wine estate covers 39 hectares. It delivers its gustatory qualities in its youth, while retaining a real aptitude for ageing.

Ranking of the best vintages of Château Angélus

Château Angélus 2005

Maturity: Young

PR ranking: 100/100

Wine Spectator rating: 96/100

The opaque color of this wine is sensational. A blue/purple color that offers notes of vanilla, spring flowers, blueberry and blackberry liqueur, as well as a touch of licorice. The wine hits the palate with a flash of blackberry, rich, fruity and concentrated. It is full-bodied, multidimensional and layered. The tannins are beautifully integrated, but still present, as are the wood, acidity, alcohol, etc., all of which are beautifully assimilated in this magnificent, majestic vintage ofAngelus. It can be drunk now, but it's still in its teens, and we recommend that you enjoy it between 25-35 years of age.

Tasted in August 2015 by Robert Parker.

Château Angélus 2009

Maturity: Young

RP rating: 99+/100

Wine Spectator rating: 96/100

A candidate for perfection with a few years of bottle ageing, this great Angelus vintage has a crimson, almost impenetrably black color / and a nose with notes of incense, graphite, blackberry liqueur, truffles and spring flowers. The wine is full-bodied, voluptuously textured, beautifully concentrated and with fruit of unquestionable purity. There's a superb finish of nearly a minute, and wonderfully smooth, velvety tannins that give a Angelus prodigious. Enjoy it for the next 25-50 years.

Tasted in August 2015 by Robert Parker.

Château Angélus 2010

Maturity: Young

RP rating: 99+/100

Wine Spectator rating: 97/100

Here's another magnificent wine that flirts with perfection, depending on the state of its evolution. The 2010 vintage has a similar color to the 2009, but is even more opaque, which might seem almost impossible. A light taste of smoke, blackberry liqueur, licorice and chocolate that fills the palate. Smooth, velvety, full-bodied black fruit, concentrated, well-defined tannins and good acidity. The wine has a majestic finish that continues for a minute. This magnificent wine is still very young, but just as prodigious as its elder brother, the 2009. It will probably evolve more slowly than the latter.

Tasted in August 2015 by Robert Parker.

Château Angélus 1990

Maturity: Young

PR rating: 99/100

Wine Spectator rating: 93/100

A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc. This wine was clearly the greatest AngelusThe 2000, 2003 and then the perfect fruit of the 2005. Sweet, ripe plum and blueberry fruit soar from the glass of this sumptuous wine. An opaque purple color that has not yet lost much color. Deep, opulent, voluptuously textured, full-bodied and multidimensional, this is an astonishing product that needs at least 20 years of ageing before it can be enjoyed.

Tasted in August 2015 by Robert Parker.

Château Angélus 2000

Maturity: Young

PR rating: 99/100

Wine Spectator rating: 97/100

Close to perfection, this wine is stunning. A blue/purple color, offering notes of incense, blueberry and blackberry liqueur, licorice, graphite and spring flowers. A touch of roast is also present. This wine has great concentration, a magnificent mouthfeel, full-bodied, astonishing purity, well-integrated acidity and tannin, as well as alcohol and wood. This beauty seems to be in its mid-teens with at least 25-30 years of life ahead.

Tasted in August 2015 by Robert Parker.

Château Angélus 2003

Maturity: Young

PR rating: 98/100

Wine Spectator rating: 94/100

A generous wine. Dense, blue/purple, it offers magnificent notes of espresso roast, blackberry and blueberry liqueur, acacia flowers and a touch of chocolate. It is full-bodied, opulent and seems close to full maturity, as it evolves rapidly. The wine is full-bodied, rich and should be drunk over the next decade.

Tasted in August 2015 by Robert Parker.

Château Angélus 2001

Maturity: Young

PR rating: 97/100

Wine Spectator rating: 92/100

A true revelation of the vintage. Somewhat underestimated and under the radar after the greatness of 2000, theAngelus 2001 is on a faster evolutionary track than the 2000. A sweet, sexy, succulent Angelus style with dense plum/purple color, loads of chocolate, blueberry and blackberry, revealing floral scents and intense. A lush texture, voluptuously textured and opulent. This wine seems to have entered its plateau of maturity, where it should remain for at least 10-15 years.

Tasted in August 2015 by Robert Parker.

Château Angélus 1998

Maturity: Young

PR rating: 96/100

Another excellent performance for a Right Bank wine, l'Angélus 1998 reveals its saturated opaque purple color and a beautiful perfume of blueberry, black raspberry with licorice, asphalt, truffle and a touch of white chocolate. Beautiful texture, full-bodied opulence, striking purity and overall balance make this a magnificent wine. This one is just in its plateau of full maturity. Drink it over the next 20 years.

Tasted in August 2015 by Robert Parker.

Château Angélus 2015

Maturity: Very young

RP rating: 95-97/100

The Angelus 2015 is a mixture of 62% of Merlot and 38% Cabernet Franc. The batches of Merlot. This year, Merlot gives a lot of harmony to the wine, and has some of the qualities of the Cabernet Franc It gives precision and freshness. It gives generosity and softness. The wine was aged at 100% in new barrels at 11°C to reduce the dose of sulfur. This maintains the freshness of the aromas and preserves the wine's elegance. It offers a complex range of aromas such as black cherry, camphor, oyster shell and Japanese nori, beautifully defined and highly concentrated. The palate is medium-bodied but powerful, with a layer of slender tannins and a sharp thread of acidity. A layer of black fruit laced with spice, baking powder, mint and white pepper. It feels particularly long on the palate, with an insistence that hangs on for a minute. It's a sexy, convincing Angelus.

Tasted in April 2016 by Neil Martin.

Château Angélus 2012

Maturity: Young

PR rating: 95/100

Wine Spectator rating: 94/100

Visit Angélus 2012 vintage (55% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Franc) has a violet-blue color and blueberry and blackberry flavors intermixed with licorice, charcoal and graphite. It's full-bodied, ripe, and a great, great success for this estate. The tannins are silky smooth, and the wine can be drunk now or over the next 15 years or more. Very small yields, 34 hectoliters per hectare, gave this wine 14.5% of alcohol.

Tasted in April 2015 by Robert Parker.

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