Chateau Angelus 1.er Grand Cru Classe A Saint-Emilion 2021 i trækasse

"98 points. A wine with enormous freshness, powerful yet silky tannins, a great Angelus." - Markus Del Monego, Master of Wine

Anmeldelser af Chateau Angélus St-Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classe A 2021

98/100 Markus Del Monego, Master of Wine
"Very elegant, persistent and well-structured with excellent length. A wine with enormous freshness, powerful yet silky tannins, a great Angelus."

98/100 Alain Cognet

98/100 Tastingbook.com

96-97/100 Andrew Caillard, MW
"Medium-deep crimson. Intense inky elderberry graphite, cedar, roasted chestnut aromas with hint violet notes. Lovely pure blackberry, mulberry fruits, graphite, al dente textures, attractive mid-palate generosity and underlying roasted chestnut notes. Finishes chalky firm with persistent dark fruits. A very well structured wine with freshness and vigour. 60% cabernet franc, 40% merlot. A cabernet franc dominant wine for the first time in the history of Angelus, highlighting the challenge of the vintage and the fidelity of the grape variety in 2021. Vinification in oak and stainless steel (merlot) and concrete (cabernet franc). 22 months in new French oak."

95-97/100 Anthocyanes

96/100 Bettane & Desseauve

96/100 Christer Byklum

95-96/100 James Suckling
"Beautiful depth here, with currants and blackberries, as well as hints of fresh herbs and wet earth. Medium-to full-bodied, layered and long, with depth and beauty. Savory. Impressive for the vintage. Persistent."

94-96/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
"The nose takes a few swirls to find all the tobacco leaf, flowers, espresso, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, and red pit fruits. The wine is soft, silky and elegant. There is a freshness and refinement as well as a purity to the fruits on the medium-bodied palate that you also find in the finish, leaving you with black raspberries, strawberries, a hint of orange rind and red plums on the backend. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Franc with 40% Merlot, representing the highest percentage of Cabernet Franc in the blend in the history of the estate. In the years to come, I hope they continue increasing the Cabernet Franc in the blend. 13.5% ABV, 3.65 pH. The yields were low at 26 hectoliters per hectare. Harvesting took place, September 14-October 2. Drink from 2025-2055"

94-96/100 Alexandre Ma
"If the previous three vintages showd me the huge changes Angélus has embraced, the 2021 vintage will be defined as a “thorough rebirth”. In this vintage, Angélus blends 60% Cabernet Franc to bestow us with a Musigny show in Bordeaux. With the fresh and elegant rose fragrance, the gentle and light flavor of crab apple, velvety tannins, and smooth body, it is delectable even in the stage En Primeurs. The word “seamlessly” fails to convey its beauty. It should rather be seen as an overall organic body. The 80% selected press wine is the soul."

94-96/100 Jeb Dunnuck
"The Grand Vin 2021 Château Angélus is 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Merlot that was brought up in new barrels, with a portion of the Cabernet Franc raised in 30 hectoliter foudres. It offers a ruby/purple hue to go with a gorgeous perfume of pureed cassis and black raspberry fruit, as well as spice, spring flowers, and chalky, almost salty minerality. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it has wonderful purity of fruit, ultra-fine tannins, and a gorgeous finish."

94-96/100 Vinous - Antonio Galloni
"For the first time ever, Angélus is 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Merlot in 2021. There's terrific density and power, especially within the context of the year. Black cherry, chocolate, spice, menthol and lavender all build nicely in the glass. The 2021 has quite a bit of richness, and its 14% alcohol, a bit lower than the recent norm, works quite well in this vintage. All it needs is a bit of time to help soften some of the raw contours that are present today."

94-96/100 Robert Parker
"A brilliant wine that signposts this estate's evolution under Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal, the 2021 Angélus is a blend of 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Merlot, with fully half of the old-vine Cabernet Franc maturing in foudres rather than 225-liter barriques. The result is a wine of unprecedented purity and finesse, unwinding in the glass with compelling aromas of plums, raspberries, rose petals, vine smoke, blood orange and warm spices, followed by a medium to full-bodied, deep and layered palate with a rich and fleshy core that entirely conceals its structuring chassis of ultra-refined tannins. Bright and sapid, it's striking for its integration and elegance at this early stage, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it upstage a number of more touted vintages once it's in bottle."