Château Angélus

Le Carillon de l'Angélus, St Emilion, 2018

Name: Le Carillon de l'Angélus, St Emilion
Brand: Château Angélus

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

87/100

The Wine Independent

92/100

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Carillon d'Angelus hails from the Bouard family's share of Bellevue, a site to the west of the commune near Figeac and a limestone vineyard in Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes. This is a really serious St Emilion opening with bright, aromatic berries, a hint of florality and some spice notes. Unforced, very natural with clear raspberry and fresh cherry fruit, there's a seamless delivery of fruit, engaging and intense with lots of detail supported by well-judged, mouthwatering tannins. 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc.

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Critic Reviews

87/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

The 2018 Carillon d’Angelus is deep garnet-purple in color. It leaps from the glass with scents of baked black cherries, stewed plums, and mulberries, plus hints of fragrant earth, cinnamon stick, and dried roses. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is firm and chewy with a slightly hard/bitter finish.

drinking window 2023 - 2032

date of review 02/2023

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

An excellent vintage at this St Emilion First Growth, but the main wine is nowhere near ready to approach. I suggest looking instead at the second wine, Le Carillon d'Angélus. Expect stewed spiced plums, raspbery and black cherry fleshy fruits, and a ton of smoked earth, liqourice and slate. Still young at three years old, this will deliver already with a good few hours in a carafe but there is no rush to open. 50% new oak. The first vintage that includes the newly-expanded vineyard footprint, with plots in St Christophe de Bardes and a large area near Cheval Blanc and Figeac.

drinking window 2024 - 2040

date of review 10/2021

92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

As explained in my original notes from barrel, the 2018 Carillon d’Angélus is augmented by an additional eight hectares from recent acquisitions: three hectares in Tour St. Christophe and five hectares between Cheval Blanc and Figeac. This has developed on the nose, gaining a little more precision and revealing blackberry, raspberry, orange peel and light rose petal scents, the new oak still beautifully integrated. The palate is very well balanced with grainy tannins, and velvety-smooth. Just a faint graphite element tinctures the black fruit, and there is an almost Left Bank structure to the briny finish. Excellent.

drinking window 2023 - 2033

date of review 03/2021

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