Château ANGÉLUS
Non-classified wine
- 2016
- Saint-Émilion
Brilliant even in small vintages (1992 was a masterpiece), Angélus has become a world star in 20 years by producing dense, fleshy and superbly velvety wines while remaining distinguished.
Great class!
The 2016 vintage in the press:
Vinous (N. Martin - February 2026): 97/100 “The 2016 Angélus marks a step up from the '16 Pavie and Bélair-Monange: intense red berry fruit, touches of graphite and tobacco, fresh and complex. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, a keen thread of acidity, gentle but insistent grip, and a peacock's tail on the finish. Serious and utterly delicious."
- To keep or to drink :
- Ready to drink
- Apogée :
- 2025-2040
From the same producer
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Coralie de Boüard (daughter of Hubert de Boüard, owner of Angélus) has embarked on a new project in Montagne Saint-Émilion. Right from its first vintage (2016), Clos de Boüard is already a success, greedy, fleshy and devilishly seductive (85% Merlot). According to Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve, Clos Boüard is “a trusted address for wine lovers”.
The 2017 vintage in the press:
Vinous (Neal Martin - February 2020) : 92/100 “Clos de Boüard 2017 offers delicious aromas of blackberry, brioche and light tobacco on the nose, which prove nicely concentrated. The palate is medium-bodied, with excellent acidity. The texture is velvety and very harmonious, with subtle notes of tar and graphite on the finish. This is an excellent Montagne Saint-Émilion from the de Boüard family. Apogée 2022-2036." (remarkable note for a wine at less than €25.00 a bottle)
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2030
- Alcohol degree:
- 14.5%
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Coralie de Boüard (daughter of Hubert de Boüard, owner of Angélus) has embarked on a new project in Montagne Saint-Émilion. Right from its first vintage (2016), Clos de Boüard is already a success, greedy, fleshy and devilishly seductive (85% Merlot). According to Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve, Clos Boüard is “a trusted address for wine lovers”.
The 2016 vintage in the press:
J-M Quarin (February 2019): 90/100 “Dark, intense, beautiful and even deep color. Nose moderately aromatic, fruity, ripe and suave. Caressing on the attack and finely fleshy, the wine develops tasty, refined to the touch and very well balanced. The finish is long, sappy, savory and dense. Very good! A superb Outsider."
Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2018): 91/100 "The 2016 Clos de Boüard is a rich, powerful wine. Dark red cherry, respberry, mocha, licorice and rose petal all flesh out in this succulent, potent Montagne Saint-Emilion. This is an impressive debut. Even so, it will be interesting to see is this wine can be more nuanced in future vintages".
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2032
- Alcohol degree:
- 15%
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Second wine of Angelus, made in the same luxurious and distinguished style that has made the reputation and international success of this wine.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
Vinous (N. Matin - January 2025): 92/100 "The 2022 Le Carillon d'Angélus was an expressive Deuxième Vin from barrel. Now in bottle, it has a clean, fresh and delineated bouquet with blackberry and graphite scents. The palate is medium-bodied and slightly granular in texture, with pliant tannins. It's harmonious with a pretty, red cherry- and cranberry-tinged finish that exerts a light grip. This is quite delicious."
J.M Quarin (February 2025): 94/100 "Dark, intense, slightly evolved colour. Very aromatic, fruity and subtle nose. Smooth on the attack, delicious in the middle, with a fine fatness that runs across the palate, the wine evolves juicy, long, towards a tasty, perfumed finish. This vintage has never been so nuanced."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2044
- Alcohol degree:
- 14%
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Brilliant even in small vintages (1992 was a masterpiece), Angélus has become a world star in 20 years by producing dense, fleshy and superbly velvety wines while remaining distinguished.
Great class!More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2032-2044
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Brilliant even in small vintages (1992 was a masterpiece), Angélus has become a world star in 20 years by producing dense, fleshy and superbly velvety wines while remaining distinguished.
Great class!The 2019 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (September 2022): 96/100 “The wine has retained its purplish color and the black fruit flavors of its beginnings. The silky, creamy fruit and velvetiness are for the moment in the grip of peaty wood. But thanks to the very homogeneous quality of its Cabernet Franc, Angélus 2019 presents, under a chiseled tension, an imposing, stylish substance, in the image of the château.”
Vinous (N. Martin - January 2023): 97/100 “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 ."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2042
- Alcohol degree:
- 14.5%