Tasting Notes
Vinous 98
The 2005 Angélus is a gorgeous wine. Inky red fruit, mocha, espresso, dried flowers and iron give this potent, explosive Saint-Émilion tons of richness. The style is dense and heavily extracted – as was the norm at the time – and yet the 2005 is impeccably balanced. This is a magnificent showing from Hubert de Boüard, who has done so much to elevate the status of this once under-achieving property.
Anticipated maturity: 2022-2035
Robert Parker 100
Truly great stuff, this wine performed at a three-digit level both in the horizontal tasting of 2005s in Baltimore, as well as in Montreal at this mini-vertical. This sensational, opaque, bluish/purple wine offers up notes of vanillin, spring flowers, blueberry and blackberry liqueur, plus a touch of licorice. The wine hits the palate with a thunderous cascade of ripe, rich, concentrated fruit. It is full-bodied, multidimensional and layered. The tannins are beautifully integrated but still present, and the wood, acidity, alcohol, etc., are all beautifully assimilated in this magnificent, majestic vintage of Angelus. It can be drunk now, but it is still an adolescent and that suggests it has at least another 25-35 years of longevity.
Anticipated maturity: 2015-2050
JancisRobinson.com 17.5++
Rich and jammy on the nose. Glossy and perfumed, with extravagant floral character on the palate. Hefty body – a sumo in a tutu. Lots of expensive winemaking here, with unquestionably impeccable fruit as source material. (RH)
Anticipated maturity: 2015-2035
