Le Carillon de l'Angélus, St Emilion, 2023

Name: Le Carillon de l'Angélus, St Emilion
Brand: Château Angélus
Price: 396 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2023 2024

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.

critic reviews

90-92/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

A blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, the 2023 Carillon d’Angelus has a pH of 3.65 and it is deep garnet-purple in color. It comes bounding out with eager notes of juicy plums and fresh blackberries, plus suggestions of sassafras, black pepper, tar, and fragrant soil. The medium-bodied palate is lively and soft-textured, delivering vibrant black berry flavors, with a racy backbone and a lifted finish.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2042

date of review 05/2024

93/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Bright violet and plum colour, vibrating with life, an easy wine to recommend as it no doubt will be to drink, love the depth and the rich damson fruit expression that combines with black chocolate, liqourice and cocoa with a juicy finish.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2037

date of review 05/2024

90-92/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2023 Le Carillon d'Angélus matured in around 50% new oak. This is quite taut and linear on the nose—a more streamlined Carillon perhaps, with touches of crushed stone infusing the red berry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with a hint of blood orange on the entry, vivacious red berry fruit and a generous white pepper note toward the finish. There’s something almost Burgundian about this Carillon in terms of the tannin structure. Give it three or four years in bottle.

DRINKING WINDOW 2027 - 2039

date of review 04/2024

91-93/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2023 Le Carillon d'Angelus, as usual a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, exhibits attractive aromas of cherries, raspberries and blackberries mingled with hints of exotic spices, vine smoke and violets. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and polished, it's layered and enveloping, with a charming, seamless profile and a long, mouthwatering finish. As readers will by now remember, this bottling is no longer a "second wine" per se but rather draws on some 25 hectares of dedicated vineyards, emphasizing Merlot from the cool terroirs of Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, complemented by holdings in the gravelly Figeac sector and on clay soils near Angelus itselfwith anything that doesn't make the cut relegated to the No. 3 d'Angelus.

date of review 04/2024