2002 Château Angélus, St Emilion, Bordeaux

2002 Château Angélus, St Emilion, Bordeaux

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A somewhat typical Anglus given the high percentage of Cabernet Franc (47% along with 50% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon), this 2002 dispalys great class as well as potential complexity. Its blue/purple colour is accompanied by a big, elegant, sweet wine that combines finesse with power and authority......It may turn out to be one of the most aromatically compelling Anglus offerings to date. There is also robust tannin apparent in the long, medium to full-bodied finish. It is unquestionably one of St Emilion's most complete, concentrated and provocative wines of 2002. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2020. 91-93/100 pts (Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Oct-2003)

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A somewhat typical Anglus given the high percentage of Cabernet Franc (47% along with 50% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon), this 2002 dispalys great class as well as potential complexity. Its blue/purple colour is accompanied by a big, elegant, sweet wine that combines finesse with power and authority......It may turn out to be one of the most aromatically compelling Anglus offerings to date. There is also robust tannin apparent in the long, medium to full-bodied finish. It is unquestionably one of St Emilion's most complete, concentrated and provocative wines of 2002. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2020. 91-93/100 pts (Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Oct-2003) Read more
Robert Parker
A somewhat typical Anglus given the high percentage of Cabernet Franc (47% along with 50% Merlot and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon), this 2002 dispalys great class as well as potential complexity. Its blue/purple colour is accompanied by a big, elegant, sweet wine that combines finesse with power and authority......It may turn out to be one of the most aromatically compelling Anglus offerings to date. There is also robust tannin apparent in the long, medium to full-bodied finish. It is unquestionably one of St Emilion's most complete, concentrated and provocative wines of 2002. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2020. 91-93/100 pts (Robert Parker - Wine Advocate - Oct-2003) Read more

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Château Angélus

Château Angélus

Château Angélus is one of the largest and most prestigious estates in St Emilion. It was promoted to Premier Grand Cru Classé A status in the 2012 reclassification. The de Boüard family has made wine here since 1782. The estate is now run by eighth-generation Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal, who took over from her father, Hubert de Boüard de Laforest, and uncle, Jean-Bernard Grenié, in 2012. It is located in centre-west of the St Emilion appellation, due west of the medieval town.

Angélus’s 39 hectares of vineyards are situated less than a kilometre away from the famous St Emilion steeple. The site enjoys a perfect southerly-exposed slope. Cabernet Franc is grown at the bottom, where the soils are sandier and warmer; Merlot is grown in the limestone-rich clay soils at the top of the slope.

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St Émilion

St Émilion

St Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest producing appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux put together. St Emilion has been producing wine for longer than the Médoc but its lack of accessibility to Bordeaux's port and market-restricted exports to mainland Europe meant the region initially did not enjoy the commercial success that funded the great châteaux of the Left Bank. 

St Émilion itself is the prettiest of Bordeaux's wine towns, perched on top of the steep limestone slopes upon which many of the region's finest vineyards are situated. However, more than half of the appellation's vineyards lie on the plain between the town and the Dordogne River on sandy, alluvial soils with a sprinkling of gravel. 

Further diversity is added by a small, complex gravel bed to the north-east of the region on the border with Pomerol.  Atypically for St Émilion, this allows Cabernet Franc and, to a lesser extent, Cabernet Sauvignon to prosper and defines the personality of the great wines such as Ch. Cheval Blanc.  

In the early 1990s there was an explosion of experimentation and evolution, leading to the rise of the garagistes, producers of deeply-concentrated wines made in very small quantities and offered at high prices.  The appellation is also surrounded by four satellite appellations, Montagne, Lussac, Puisseguin and St. Georges, which enjoy a family similarity but not the complexity of the best wines.

St Émilion was first officially classified in 1954, and is the most meritocratic classification system in Bordeaux, as it is regularly amended. The most recent revision of the classification was in 2012

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Merlot

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.

In St.Emilion and Pomerol it withstands the moist clay rich soils far better than Cabernet grapes, and at it best produces opulently rich, plummy clarets with succulent fruitcake-like nuances. Le Pin, Pétrus and Clinet are examples of hedonistically rich Merlot wines at their very best. It also plays a key supporting role in filling out the middle palate of the Cabernet-dominated wines of the Médoc and Graves.

Merlot is now grown in virtually all wine growing countries and is particularly successful in California, Chile and Northern Italy.

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Not ready

These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.

Ready - youthful

These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.

Ready - at best

These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.

Ready - mature

These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.