2003 | Chateau Angelus | Saint-Emilion
Red Wine: 2003 | Chateau Angelus | Saint-Emilion
Deep ruby-red. Very ripe yet fresh on the nose: cherry, raspberry, graphite, chocolate, minerals. Lush, velvety and sweet. Really coats the mouth with flavors of black raspberry, currant and chocolate. It is complex, has freshness, ripe tannins and superb persistence. It is full-bodied, opulent and rich. Definitely worth tasting!
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Producer: Chateau Angelus
Ratings: WA | 98 JS | 94
Vintage: 2003
Size: 750ml
ABV: 14%
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red
Country/Region: France, Saint-Emilion
Detailed Description
Deep ruby-red. Very ripe yet fresh on the nose: cherry, raspberry, graphite, chocolate, minerals. Lush, velvety and sweet. Really coats the mouth with flavors of black raspberry, currant and chocolate. It is complex, has freshness, ripe tannins and superb persistence. It is full-bodied, opulent and rich. Definitely worth tasting!
Reviews:
- Wine Advocate: Angelus really nailed the vintage, and has produced a fully mature wine that’s truly strutting its stuff. Dense, bluish/purple, it offers gorgeous notes of espresso roast, blackberry and blueberry liqueur, acacia flowers and a touch of chocolate. The wine is full-bodied, rich.
- James Suckling: Beautiful aromas of ripe blackberry and raspberry aromas follow through to a full-bodied palate, with silky tannins and a long, long finish. Layered and delicious. Gorgeous.
Producer Information
The vineyard of Chateau Angélus is situated in a natural amphitheatre overlooked by the three Saint-Emilion churches. In the middle of this special site, the sounds were amplified and the angelus bells could be heard ringing in the morning, at midday and in the evening. They cadenced the working day in the vineyards and villages, calling the men and women to stop their labours for a few minutes and pray. Less than a kilometre from the famous Saint-Emilion bell tower, situated on the much-vaunted south-facing “foot of the hill”, Angélus has been the life work of eight generations of the Boüard de Laforest family. In the first-ever classification of Saint-Emilion wines in 1954, Chateau Angélus was a Grand Cru Classé. Already at the time, it benefitted from a solid reputation, which helped it survive the Bordeaux wine crisis of 1973 and take part in the oenological renewal of the 1980’s. This was the context in which Hubert de Boüard de Laforest, a graduate oenologist from Bordeaux University, took advantage of this marvellous wine’s illustrious past, while being resolutely turned towards the future and launched and continued to implement an ambitious, innovative policy in favour of achieving excellence in wine growing and making.