Château Angélus 2018

An extremely refined and sharpened Angelus with super fine tannins and sweet ripe fruit in the center palate. It's full-bodied, yet tight and so very polished. Silky. Very subtle. Bright blue fruit, black fruit and stones. Supple and minerally. 60% merlot and 40% cabernet franc.

Dark, intense and beautiful color. Intense, fine, complex nose, with a different background from usual, a little more floral, while being creamy and pure. Soft and dense from the attack, subtle and present in the mid-palate, with a lot of brightness in the flavor, the wine develops complex and noble, tasty and deep, in a very long length with refined tannicity. It's very good.

A supremely elegant Angélus full of power. Here the quality of the fruit and the depth of plum, damson, black cherry and cassis is evident, along with tension, freshness - a slow melting of flavor through the palate with concentration and depth. Liquorice root and baked earth come in from the mid palate and this has the feeling of a being a serious wine that is going to go the distance. The exuberance and confidence of Angelus comes as it opens, with the flavors and texture fattening up. The wine will be aged for one year 30hl new oak casks, and then go into barrel but without new oak for the last 10 months. The low pH means maybe a little less fleshy than usual with Angélus, certainly less so than the 2018. This gets better and better in the glass, strongly recommend giving this time. 3.6pH. Drinking Window 2027 - 2044.

Purplish purple. Lots of freshness thanks to floral and fruity notes. Notes of peonies, blueberries and licorice wood. On the palate the attack is delicious and distinguished. There is crunch and density. The latter is due to the tannins which are compact and fine grains. The structure provides good aromatic support and I find the crunchy side of the attack. A well-structured Angelus, rather racy, but with a lot of finesse and a beautiful overall definition. 2024-2042.