2008 Château Angludet, Margaux, Bordeaux

2008 Château Angludet, Margaux, Bordeaux

Product: 20088008828
Prices start from £360.00 per case Buying options
2008 Château Angludet, Margaux, Bordeaux

Buying options

Available by the case In Bond. Pricing excludes duty and VAT, which must be paid separately before delivery. Storage charges apply.
Case format
Availability
Price per case
12 x 75cl bottle
BBX marketplace BBX 1 case £360.00
You can place a bid for this wine on BBX

Description

Without doubt the best d’Angludet we have ever tasted, this 2008 certainly has the wow factor. The Sichel team knew how to make not just good wine but great wine from a tricky vintage. Extensive work in the vineyard more than paid off with superb quality fruit as the result. With a good depth of deep, dark fruit, ripe but very present tannins and a lovely, long fruity finish, d’Angludet’s 2008 is very impressive indeed - and at this incredible price it is a complete bargain to boot. Seriously good value!

wine at a glance

Delivery and quality guarantee

Critics reviews

Wine Advocate85/100
Unimpressive from barrel, from bottle the 2008 dAngludet remains a lightweight, undistinguished, straightforward wine revealing herb-tinged red and black currant and subtle smoke notes as well as a short, clipped finish. It should be consumed over the next 5-7 years.
Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 02/05/2011 Read more
Jancis Robinson MW17/20
Deep purplish crimson. Fragrant, scented, complete – elderberries again. Very opulent but good freshness too and some very ripe tannins. Real zip on the finish. An admirably complete wine. Long. Perhaps a little less classical than some but very well sculpted.
(Jancis Robinson MW - jancisrobinson.com - Apr 09) Read more
Robert Parker85/100
Unimpressive from barrel, from bottle the 2008 d’Angludet remains a lightweight, undistinguished, straightforward wine revealing herb-tinged red and black currant and subtle smoke notes as well as a short, clipped finish. It should be consumed over the next 5-7 years.
(Robert Parker- Wine Advocate- May 2011)

While good, the 2008 d’Angludet did not perform as well as I had expected. It lacked texture and revealed a narrowness as well as some scratchy tannins, suggesting the selection was not as severe as that practiced at more renowned estates.
(Robert Parker- Wine Advocate- April 2009)
Read more

About this WINE

Château Angludet

Château Angludet

Château d`Angludet is a Cru Bourgeois property that now regularly produces wines of grand cru classé quality. D'Angludet is located in the Margaux appellation and its vineyards are situated at the 3-way intersection of the Cantenac, Arsac and Labarde communes.

The late Peter Sichel purchased d'Angludet in 1961 and it became his home for the next 37 years. The vineyards and cuverie were in a deplorable condition when Sichel took over and it is due to his sheer will and determination that d`Angludet enjoys its high reputation today.

D'Angludet's 32 hectares of vineyards are planted with Cabernet Sauvignon (58%), Merlot (35%), Cabernet Franc (5%) and Petit Verdot (2%). The grapes are fermented in temperature-controlled, stainless steel tanks and the wine is then aged in oak barriques (25-33% new) for 12 months. The wine is bottled unfiltered.

Find out more
Margaux

Margaux

If Pauillac can be seen as the bastion of ‘traditional’ Red Bordeaux, then Margaux represents its other facet in producing wines that are among Bordeaux’s most sensual and alluring. It is the largest commune in the Médoc, encompassing the communes of Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labaude, in addition to Margaux itself. Located in the centre of the Haut-Médoc, Margaux is the closest of the important communes to the city of Bordeaux.

The soils in Margaux are the lightest and most gravelly of the Médoc, with some also containing a high percentage of sand. Vineyards located in Cantenac and Margaux make up the core of the appelation with the best vineyard sites being located on well-drained slopes, whose lighter soils give Margaux its deft touch and silky perfumes. Further away from the water, there is a greater clay content and the wines are less dramatically perfumed.

Margaux is the most diffuse of all the Médoc appelations with a reputation for scaling the heights with irreproachable wines such as Ch. Margaux and Ch. Palmer, but also plumbing the depths, with too many other châteaux not fulfilling their potential. There has been an upward shift in recent years, but the appellation cannot yet boast the reliability of St Julien. However, the finest Margaux are exquisitely perfumed and models of refinement and subtlety which have few parallels in Bordeaux.

Recommended Châteaux: Ch. Margaux, Ch. Palmer, Ch. Brane-Cantenac, Ch. Rauzan-Ségla , Ch. Dufort-Vivens, Ch. Ferrière, Ch. du Tertre, Ch. Giscours, Ch. d'Angludet.

Find out more
Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot. This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.

In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% (Mouton-Rothschild) to as low as 40%. It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity.

In St-Emilion and Pomerol, the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and  Australia.

Find out more