Weinwisser
...Eine grosse Ernte mit mehr als 100.000 Flaschen. Extrem dunkles Purpur mit lila und violetten Reflexen. Grosses Bouquet, geprägt von reifen Cabernets, dunklen Röstnoten, pflaumigen Eindrücken, legt an der Luft permanent zu. Im zweiten Ansatz Cassis, Mokka, Lakritze und viel dunkle Edelhölzer. Im Gaumen eine mächtige Delikatesse, also von feinen Eindrücken bis hin zur Aromenpower ist die ganze Bandbreite da.
Die Grundaromatik bewegt sich zwischen blauen bis schwarzen Beeren, die Tannine reich aber auch schon angerundet, aber auch verlangend, der Nachklang ist und bleibt auch noch lange schier überaromatisch. Ein grosser spannender Angélus mit einer grossen Spannung. Ich fand hier viele Parallelen zum 1998er und so kann dieser 2015er vielleicht auch einmal bei der Maximalwertung landen.
Wine Advocate Lisa Perrotti-Brown
A blend of 62% Merlot and 38% Cabernet Franc, the 2015 Angelus reveals a deep garnet-purple color and fragrant aromas of crushed red currants, warm plums and pencil shavings with hints of incense, sage, violets and tobacco. Full-bodied, very fine and intense yet exquisitely delicate with wonderful freshness, it has ripe yet firm, very finely grained tannins and an epically long, perfumed finish. With bags of perfume and a captivating plushness, this Angelus is a real head-turner!
62% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Franc. 18-24 Monate in neuen Barriques gereift.
Weitere Informationen über das Weingut Chateau Angelus
The vineyard of Château 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.
Michel de Boüard de Laforest, historian, chartist and rector of the Academy of Caen explored the origins of his family. The earliest reference he found to his family tree was with Georges Boüard, born in 1544, a Bourgeois and Jurat of the city of Bordeaux. At the end of the 18th century in 1782, Jean de Boüard de Laforest, a King’s bodyguard, settled in Saint-Emilion. His daughter, Catherine Sophie de Boüard de Laforest, married Charles Souffrain de Lavergne in 1795 and set up home on the Mazerat estate, which belonged to her husband.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Maurice de Boüard de Laforest inherited the estate. He extended it, adding in particular a 3-hectare (7½-acre) enclosure named Angélus in 1920. He left it to his sons in 1945. Jacques and Christian de Boüard de Laforest continued their father’s work and that of previous generations. The property was classified in 1954. They extended it further until by 1985 it exceeded 20 hectares (50 acres). At this time, Hubert de Boüard de Laforest, Jacques’ son, took over the management of the estate and was joined in 1987 by his cousin Jean-Bernard Grenié, Christian’s son-in-law and later by his daughter, Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal in 2012 and by his nephew Thierry Grenié de Boüard in 2016.
