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Château Angélus 2016

Bordeaux - Saint-Émilion - 1er Grand Cru Classé A - Château Angelus

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classe A

$432.39
Bottle 0.75L
In stock
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Stored in air-conditioned cellar
Stored in air-conditioned cellar
Data sheets
Grape varieties
Merlot 60%
Cabernet Franc 40%
Château Angelus

Château Angelus

The Château Angelus and its famous carillon overlooking the surrounding vineyards is an essential reference for the Rive droite de Bordeaux. 

The history of Château Angélus is intimately linked to its geographical location, as it was the only place around the village of Saint-Emilion where you could hear the sound of the angelus (L'Angélus in the singular, Christian prayer of the Western Catholic Church) from three surrounding churches: the Mazerat chapel, the church of Saint-Martin and the church of Saint-Emilion.

In 1782, Jean de Boüard de Laforest settled in Saint-Emilion, and his daughter Sophie settled on the Mazerat vineyard, owned by Charles Souffrain, whom she married in 1795. The de Boüard de Laforest family would thus remain at the head of Domaine, and it was Hubert de Boüard de Laforest, an oenologist by training, who would contribute to its great renown from 1985 onwards, by introducing innovative practices. His daughter Stéphanie joined the adventure in 2012, embodying the eighth generation. The passionate management of Château Angélus year after year is above all a family affair.

The Château Angélus was named Grand Cru Classé when the Saint-Emilion classification was created in 1955, due to the great... See more ...

Critics Château Angélus 2016.

Wine Advocate - Robert Parker
98/100
James Suckling
98/100
Wine Spectator
96/100
Jancis Robinson
18.5/20
Decanter
94/100

Description Château Angélus 2016.

A Grand Cru Classé A Saint Emilion, born in 2016 under a torrid and dry summer, happily calmed down by intermittent showers of rain in September.

Despite these difficulties, the Cellar Master, temporary holder of the immense talents of previous generations, was able to create a great vintage with countless qualities.

The color is dark garnet with black jade reflections

In the first attack, the wine offers on the nose aromas of small black fruits such as blackcurrant, blueberry or blackberry mixed with touches of cedar wood from Lebanon, dark chocolate, woody vanilla spices.

The palate, ample in entry, is very balanced, silky on the flavors of jammy black fruits and woody vanilla spices. The tannins are very present and tight.

Great wine, it ages and improves in the cellar away from light and noise, bottles lying down with an optimal humidity level of around 70%. Successive tastings will allow us to measure its qualitative evolution and its peak. To decant a few hours before serving.

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