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Saint Emilion Bordeaux Fabulous aromas of ripe fruit--raspberry, cherry and blackberry. Full-bodied, with supervelvety tannins and a long, vanilla, fruity aftertaste. Almost classic. Score range: 92-94 Wine Spectator A fine Angelus, unmistakably, this is a vin de garde. A huge, massive, firm, extraordinarily well-delineated Angelus with terrific purity and freshness. The color is a saturated port-like purple/black. With airing, the reluctant aromatics reveal scents of licorice, truffles, blackberries, plums, creme de cassis, smoke, and incense. The wine is excruciatingly tannic, but also phenomenally concentrated, full-bodied, and rich. Paradoxically, it is viscous yet has good acidity, one of the unusual characteristics of the 2000 vintage. This gives the wine freshness and delineation in spite of surreal levels of extract and richness. This looks to be one of the wines of the vintage. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2035 Rated 96-98 Robert Parker A scant kilometre from the famous bell-tower at Saint Emilion, on its renowned south facing "pied de côte" (foot of the hill) site, Château Angélus is the story of a passionate involvement of the last four generations of the Boüard de Laforest family. The estate’s name derives from a particularly ancient plot of vineyard, from which the men tending the vines were able to hear the angelus ringing out from all three of the village churches, chapelle de Mazerat the church of Saint Martin de Mazerat and the church of Saint Emilion. At the turn of the century Maurice de Boüard de Laforest acquired this three hectare plot, adding it to the adjacent vineyard - Château Mazerat - which had been in the family since 1850. Little by little his sons Jacques and Christian expanded the holding by buying adjoining plots of land, until by the nineteen seventies they had completed the magnificent property run today by Hubert de Boüard de Laforest and his cousin Jean-Bernard Grenié. Promoted to premier grand cru classé rank, acclaimed world-wide as one of Saint Emilion’s finest wines, Château Angélus embodies one family’s dedication to getting the utmost from the excellent local "terroir" growing conditions. Here, in the vineyard and in the wine processing areas, respect of traditional methods goes hand in hand with ongoing technical advancements so that each harvest, each vintage achieves its peak of perfection. More information at http://www.angelus.com/index.htm |
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