2019 Château Angélus 1e Grand Cru Classé Saint-Emilion

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Type of Wine | Red |
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Country | France |
Region | |
Appellation | Saint-Emillion |
Winery | |
Vintage | 2019 |
Grape | , |
Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (14%) |
Drink window | 2024 - 2065 |
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Description
Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal, and her nephew Thierry Grenié-de Boüard represent the eighth generation of the Boüard de Laforest family to manage Angélus. After Catherine Sophie de Boüard de Laforest in 1800 and Eugénie Chatenet in 1900, Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal is the third woman to head this estate, which she has seen grow. She is aware of the task entrusted to her in 2012 and of the responsibilities that this entails. She represents the values that have guided her family throughout the history of this estate: integrity, work, humility and a sense of duty. Together with her nephew, she is continuing the work of their ancestors with the sole aim of defending the grandeur of Angélus and ensuring that this name, synonymous with excellence and timelessness, endures.
The efforts of the dedicated owner, Hubert de Boüard, to produce the best wine in Bordeaux were rewarded in 2012 with the promotion of Château Angelus to the super class A. Only four Saint-Emilions are allowed to use this highest qualification: Cheval Blanc, Ausone, Pavie and Angélus.
The good ratio of lime and clay ensures an excellent water and mineral balance. The grape varieties are divided according to the soil type: merlots on the flanks (more clay) and cabernets francs on the sand-clay-limestone soils at the foot. The Angelus vineyard is located in a natural amphitheatre on the south side and at the foot of Saint-Emilion, which causes the temperature to rise in the summer and the ripening of the grapes to advance. The soil has natural drainage due to the slope.
The style of this impressive wine is that of silk and velvet. Rich and deliciously concentrated. This cashmere texture full of spicy black forest fruit and truffle is so opulent "that it takes your breath away" according to leading wine magazines in the world. It needs no further explanation why this has become one of the most sought-after wines in the world.
The 2019 Château Angélus 1e Grand Cru Classé Saint-Emilion is an extremely refined and sharpened Angelus with superfine tannins and sweet ripe fruit on the central palate. It is full, yet tight and so polished. Silky. Very subtle. Bright blue fruit, black fruit and pips. Supple and mineral. 60% merlot and 40% cabernet franc.
Specifications
Type of Wine | Red |
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Country | France |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Saint-Emillion |
Winery | Chateau Angélus |
Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot |
Biological certified | No |
Natural wine | No |
Vegan | No |
Vintage | 2019 |
Drinking as of | 2024 |
Drinking till | 2065 |
Alcohol % | 14 |
Alcohol free/low | No |
Content | 0.75 ltr |
Oak aging | Yes |
Sparkling | No |
Dessert wine | No |
Closure | Cork |
Parker rating | 99 |
James Suckling rating | 99 |
Vinous rating | 97 |
Tasting Profiles | Aards, Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Mineraal, Rood fruit, Tannines |
Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard |
Professional Reviews
Parker
Rating
(97 - 99)
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
NA
Reviewed by
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date
10th Jun 2020
Source
2019 Bordeaux Primeurs Flash Review 4, The Wine Advocate
Composed of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 Angélus was harvested from the 13th of September until the 4th of October. Deep garnet-purple colored, it sashays out of the glass with gregarious scents of Morello cherries, lilacs, chocolate box and potpourri with a core of Black Forest cake, blueberry crumble, fragrant soil and menthol. Medium to full-bodied, the intensity on the palate builds from delicate, beguiling nuances with ethereal weight to a full-on fireworks display of flavor sparks, framed by fantastic freshness and very finely pixilated tannins, finishing long, layered and invigorating.
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James Suckling
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Wine Spectator
CHÂTEAU ANGÉLUS
St.-Emilion 2018
Score: BT
Release Price $NA/Barrel
Country France
Region Right Bank
Issue: Web Only - 2019
Designation Barrel Tasting
Tasting Note
Very gutsy in feel, with lots of tobacco leaf, loam and espresso notes swirling around a core of steeped black currant and warm fig fruit flavors. The muscular finish is a jumble right now, but there's ample acidity coiled within. A wine that clearly wants to stand out from the pack. Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Score range: 95 - 98 — JM
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Vinous
97
Drinking Window
2026 - 2060
From: Bordeaux 2019: The Southwold Tasting (Feb 2023)
The 2019 Angélus has a Cabernet Franc-driven nose, touches of Earl Grey and ash infusing the almost sultry black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, taut and crisp, quite a fine arching structure that delivers wonderful tension and mineralité on the finish. Serious. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
- By Neal Martin on January 2023
97
Drinking Window
2029 - 2049
From: 2019 Bordeaux from Bottle: The Two Towers (Feb 2022)
The 2019 Angélus is every bit as impressive as it was from barrel. Silky, medium in body and wonderfully nuanced, the 2019 is pure class. All the elements come together so beautifully as the 2019 builds with a bit of air. Forty percent of the Franc was aged in cask, an approach that works so well here in coaxing all of the energy of Franc to complement the Merlot.
- By Antonio Galloni on January 2022
97
Drinking Window
2026 - 2060
From: Omne Trium Perfectum: Bordeaux 2019s in Bottle (Feb 2022)
The 2019 Angélus was bottled in September 2021, later than many other wines of this vintage. This is very precise on the nose, offering blackberry, dried iris petals, a little graphite and a touch of oyster shell, and the marine influence is more noticeable than before. The palate is beautifully balanced, the 40% Cabernet Franc very expressive and squarely in the driving seat. It lends this wine ample freshness and, as mentioned before, makes it stylistically quite akin to Château Figeac. Displaying fine structure toward the finish, this Angélus is full of tension thanks to a pH of 3.60 (previously, it was around pH 3.85, according to Hubert de Boüard) and comes with a very sustained finish. Seriously impressive, though it will require patience.
- By Neal Martin on December 2021
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Michel de Boüard de Laforest, historian, chartist and rector of the Academy of Caen, researched the origins of his family. The earliest reference he found to his family tree was that of Georges Boüard, born in 1544, a Bourgeois and Jurat from the city of Bordeaux. At the end of the 18th century, in 1782, Jean de Boüard de Laforest, a bodyguard of the king, settled in Saint-Emilion. His daughter, Catherine Sophie de Boüard de Laforest, met Charles Souffrain de Lavergne in 1795 and settled on the Mazerat estate, which belonged to her husband. At the beginning of the 20th century, Maurice de Boüard de Laforest inherited the estate. He expanded it and the half kilo in 1920 with the name of a 3-hectare toe enclosure called Angélus. He left it to his sons in 1945. Jacques and Christian de Boüard de Laforest continue the work of their father and that of previous generations. The property was incorporated in 1954. They expanded it further until it exceeded 20 acres in 1985. At that time, Hubert de Boüard de Laforest, son of Jacques, took over the management of the estate and was joined in 1987 by his cousin Jean-Bernard Grenié, son-in-law of Christian and later his daughter, Stéphanie de Boüard- Rivul in 2012.
The vineyard of Château Angélus is located in a natural amphitheater overlooking the three Saint-Emilion churches. In the middle of this special place, the sounds were amplified and the angel bells in the morning, afternoon and evening. They travel the working day in the rhythm in the surrounding villages and the men and women who take a few minutes to stop working and pray. The great French Impressionist painter Jean-François Millet immortalized this moment of prayer in his magnificent work "The Angelus", now on display at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
Less than a kilometer from the famous bell tower of Saint-Emilion, situated at the acclaimed 'foot of the hill' facing south, Angélus has been the life's work of eight generations of the Boüard de Laforest family. In the probable classification of Saint-Emilion wines in 1954, Château Angélus was a Grand Cru Classé. Already at that time it benefited from a solid reputation, which gave rise to the Bordeaux wine crisis of 1973 and participated in the oenological renewal of the 1980s. In this context, Hubert de Boüard de Laforest, graduate oenologist at the University of Bordeaux, took advantage of past of this wonderful wine, while resolutely focusing on the future strategy and developing and pursuing an ambitious and innovative policy to achieve excellence in viticulture and making.
Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal, and her nephew Thierry Grenié-de Boüard represent the eighth generation of the Boüard de Laforest family to manage Angélus. After Catherine Sophie de Boüard de Laforest in 1800 and Eugénie Chatenet in 1900, Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal is the third woman to head this estate, which she has seen grow. She is aware of the task entrusted to her in 2012 and of the responsibilities that this entails. She represents the values that have guided her family throughout the history of this estate: integrity, work, humility and a sense of duty. Together with her nephew, she is continuing the work of their ancestors with the sole aim of defending the grandeur of Angélus and ensuring that this name, synonymous with excellence and timelessness, endures.
The efforts of the dedicated owner, Hubert de Boüard, to produce the best wine in Bordeaux were rewarded in 2012 with the promotion of Château Angelus to the super class A. Only four Saint-Emilions are allowed to use this highest qualification: Cheval Blanc, Ausone, Pavie and Angélus.
The good ratio of lime and clay ensures an excellent water and mineral balance. The grape varieties are divided according to the soil type: merlots on the flanks (more clay) and cabernets francs on the sand-clay-limestone soils at the foot. The Angelus vineyard is located in a natural amphitheatre on the south side and at the foot of Saint-Emilion, which causes the temperature to rise in the summer and the ripening of the grapes to advance. The soil has natural drainage due to the slope.
The style of this impressive wine is that of silk and velvet. Rich and deliciously concentrated. This cashmere texture full of spicy black forest fruit and truffle is so opulent "that it takes your breath away" according to leading wine magazines in the world. It needs no further explanation why this has become one of the most sought-after wines in the world.
The 2019 Château Angélus 1e Grand Cru Classé Saint-Emilion is an extremely refined and sharpened Angelus with superfine tannins and sweet ripe fruit on the central palate. It is full, yet tight and so polished. Silky. Very subtle. Bright blue fruit, black fruit and pips. Supple and mineral. 60% merlot and 40% cabernet franc.
Type of Wine | Red |
---|---|
Country | France |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Saint-Emillion |
Winery | Chateau Angélus |
Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot |
Biological certified | No |
Natural wine | No |
Vegan | No |
Vintage | 2019 |
Drinking as of | 2024 |
Drinking till | 2065 |
Alcohol % | 14 |
Alcohol free/low | No |
Content | 0.75 ltr |
Oak aging | Yes |
Sparkling | No |
Dessert wine | No |
Closure | Cork |
Parker rating | 99 |
James Suckling rating | 99 |
Vinous rating | 97 |
Tasting Profiles | Aards, Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Mineraal, Rood fruit, Tannines |
Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard |
Parker
Rating
(97 - 99)
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
NA
Reviewed by
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Issue Date
10th Jun 2020
Source
2019 Bordeaux Primeurs Flash Review 4, The Wine Advocate
Composed of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, the 2019 Angélus was harvested from the 13th of September until the 4th of October. Deep garnet-purple colored, it sashays out of the glass with gregarious scents of Morello cherries, lilacs, chocolate box and potpourri with a core of Black Forest cake, blueberry crumble, fragrant soil and menthol. Medium to full-bodied, the intensity on the palate builds from delicate, beguiling nuances with ethereal weight to a full-on fireworks display of flavor sparks, framed by fantastic freshness and very finely pixilated tannins, finishing long, layered and invigorating.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
James Suckling
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Wine Spectator
CHÂTEAU ANGÉLUS
St.-Emilion 2018
Score: BT
Release Price $NA/Barrel
Country France
Region Right Bank
Issue: Web Only - 2019
Designation Barrel Tasting
Tasting Note
Very gutsy in feel, with lots of tobacco leaf, loam and espresso notes swirling around a core of steeped black currant and warm fig fruit flavors. The muscular finish is a jumble right now, but there's ample acidity coiled within. A wine that clearly wants to stand out from the pack. Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Score range: 95 - 98 — JM
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
Vinous
97
Drinking Window
2026 - 2060
From: Bordeaux 2019: The Southwold Tasting (Feb 2023)
The 2019 Angélus has a Cabernet Franc-driven nose, touches of Earl Grey and ash infusing the almost sultry black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, taut and crisp, quite a fine arching structure that delivers wonderful tension and mineralité on the finish. Serious. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
- By Neal Martin on January 2023
97
Drinking Window
2029 - 2049
From: 2019 Bordeaux from Bottle: The Two Towers (Feb 2022)
The 2019 Angélus is every bit as impressive as it was from barrel. Silky, medium in body and wonderfully nuanced, the 2019 is pure class. All the elements come together so beautifully as the 2019 builds with a bit of air. Forty percent of the Franc was aged in cask, an approach that works so well here in coaxing all of the energy of Franc to complement the Merlot.
- By Antonio Galloni on January 2022
97
Drinking Window
2026 - 2060
From: Omne Trium Perfectum: Bordeaux 2019s in Bottle (Feb 2022)
The 2019 Angélus was bottled in September 2021, later than many other wines of this vintage. This is very precise on the nose, offering blackberry, dried iris petals, a little graphite and a touch of oyster shell, and the marine influence is more noticeable than before. The palate is beautifully balanced, the 40% Cabernet Franc very expressive and squarely in the driving seat. It lends this wine ample freshness and, as mentioned before, makes it stylistically quite akin to Château Figeac. Displaying fine structure toward the finish, this Angélus is full of tension thanks to a pH of 3.60 (previously, it was around pH 3.85, according to Hubert de Boüard) and comes with a very sustained finish. Seriously impressive, though it will require patience.
- By Neal Martin on December 2021
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Michel de Boüard de Laforest, historian, chartist and rector of the Academy of Caen, researched the origins of his family. The earliest reference he found to his family tree was that of Georges Boüard, born in 1544, a Bourgeois and Jurat from the city of Bordeaux. At the end of the 18th century, in 1782, Jean de Boüard de Laforest, a bodyguard of the king, settled in Saint-Emilion. His daughter, Catherine Sophie de Boüard de Laforest, met Charles Souffrain de Lavergne in 1795 and settled on the Mazerat estate, which belonged to her husband. At the beginning of the 20th century, Maurice de Boüard de Laforest inherited the estate. He expanded it and the half kilo in 1920 with the name of a 3-hectare toe enclosure called Angélus. He left it to his sons in 1945. Jacques and Christian de Boüard de Laforest continue the work of their father and that of previous generations. The property was incorporated in 1954. They expanded it further until it exceeded 20 acres in 1985. At that time, Hubert de Boüard de Laforest, son of Jacques, took over the management of the estate and was joined in 1987 by his cousin Jean-Bernard Grenié, son-in-law of Christian and later his daughter, Stéphanie de Boüard- Rivul in 2012.
The vineyard of Château Angélus is located in a natural amphitheater overlooking the three Saint-Emilion churches. In the middle of this special place, the sounds were amplified and the angel bells in the morning, afternoon and evening. They travel the working day in the rhythm in the surrounding villages and the men and women who take a few minutes to stop working and pray. The great French Impressionist painter Jean-François Millet immortalized this moment of prayer in his magnificent work "The Angelus", now on display at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
Less than a kilometer from the famous bell tower of Saint-Emilion, situated at the acclaimed 'foot of the hill' facing south, Angélus has been the life's work of eight generations of the Boüard de Laforest family. In the probable classification of Saint-Emilion wines in 1954, Château Angélus was a Grand Cru Classé. Already at that time it benefited from a solid reputation, which gave rise to the Bordeaux wine crisis of 1973 and participated in the oenological renewal of the 1980s. In this context, Hubert de Boüard de Laforest, graduate oenologist at the University of Bordeaux, took advantage of past of this wonderful wine, while resolutely focusing on the future strategy and developing and pursuing an ambitious and innovative policy to achieve excellence in viticulture and making.