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Château Angélus, St Emilion
Château Angélus

Château Angélus, St Emilion, 2024

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justerini & brooks tasting note

The 2024 Angelus is another stylish effort from Stephanie de Bouard-Rivoal and team. Initially the nose reveals a profile of dark hedgerow berries and hints of toasty oak. Comparatively more reserved than Carillon, it presents notes of black cherry, plum, blackberry, kirsch, and a subtle hint of damson. A layer of spice is evident, exhibiting black pepper and clove, culminating in a persistent finish, underpinned by a pronounced minerality. A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc.

critic reviews

93-95/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-purple colored. Is a little cedary to begin, needing some coaxing to bring out notes of red currant jelly, raspberry leaves, and mulberries, giving way to hints of graphite, rose bud tea, and Sichuan pepper. The medium-bodied palate is soft and refreshing with delicate red berry and floral laced flavors and a long minerally finish. Very pretty!

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2042
date of review 05/2025
91-93/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The Merlot for the 2024 Angélus was picked from September 11 to September 28 and the Cabernet Franc from September 29 to October 3. The Merlot aged in new oak, with some aged in white barrels. Half of the Cabernet Franc aged in <em>foudres</em> and the rest in new oak and one-year-old barrels. This has an intriguing bouquet that deserves a little more reflection than some of its peers. A touch of fish scales commingles with black olive tapenade alongside dark berry fruit in what you might describe as a &quot;cool&quot; nose. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins. The 2024 is certainly a more linear Angélus, saline with a liberal sprinkling of black pepper. It gains modest depth on the graphite-tinged and Cabernet-driven finish, which is drier than previous vintages (as expected in this vintage). There is fine salinity with a shorter aftertaste than you would find in a warm vintage. This is well-crafted and just needs more flesh on the slender finish. Maybe that will develop during its élevage? It will be an enjoyable Angélus rather than a profound one destined for long-term aging.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2045
date of review 05/2025
94/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Vivid plum colour, cedar and gunsmoke on the opening, skilfully and carefully put together, slim through the palate, but this is very clearly finessed, sleek, with quiet confidence, and pumice stone texture, cherry pit, squid ink, damson, rosebud, Cabernet Franc dominant in terms of its floral aromatics. 39hl/h yield, 40th anniversary vintage of Hubert de Böuard. This will for sure be ready to drink earlier than many vintages of Angélus, but it is well structured and will age for many years to come. No chaptilisation.

DRINKING WINDOW 2032 - 2046
date of review 04/2025
90-93/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, cropped at a very honorable 40 hectoliters per hectare, the 2024 Angelus has turned out well, offering up aromas of dark berries, minty plums and violet, framed by a deft touch of toasty oak. Medium-bodied, ample and suave, it's polished and textural, with sweet but present tannins and creditable persistence on the finish.

date of review 04/2025

product details

Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Appellation:
St Emilion
Producer:
Château Angélus
Style:
Red Wine
Grape Variety:
Merlot Cabernet
abv:
13.5%

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