1999 Angélus

Wine Details
Producer

Angélus

Place of Origin

France

Saint Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé "A"

Bordeaux

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Merlot

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2019 - 2029

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"The one thing we don't have in 2001 is sucrosity," said proprietor Hubert de Bouard. "But the wines are long and classic, and this was our best year yet for cabernet franc." There are now two sorting tables here to ensure that no "green pieces" go into the tank. With the 2001 harvest, Bouard began to use the new wider stainless steel tanks, with double "skins" to facilitate temperature control. The cuvaison lasted over a month in 2001. "The extraction was slow and happened mostly toward the end, whereas in 2000 it came much more easily," said Bouard.

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Except for the vines on porous, gravelly soil and on sand without much clay, Angelus was relatively unaffected by the summer drought, said proprietor Hubert de Bouard, because on most of his property, the vines' roots are in water-retentive clay. The hugely rich 2000 has total polyphenols 20% higher than any past vintage, according to Bouard, which puts it virtually into uncharted territory. The wine went into barriques very early, where it finished its malolactic fermentation, and was still on its lees, unracked, at the beginning of March. It a monster in the making.

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Hubert de Bouard picked almost all his fruit in the days following the damaging hailstorm of September 5. Early rumors were that there would be little grand vin, but in fact, thanks to the generous crop load, estate-wide production will only be down about 15%, and about half the crop should ultimately be bottled as Angelus (much of the cabernet franc and the younger merlot vines will go into the second wine, Le Carillon d'Angelus). "We had ripe sugars despite the early harvest," noted Bouard. "We'll soon see about the ripeness of the polyphenols."