2000 Angélus
France
Saint Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé "A"
Bordeaux
Red
60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc
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2021 - 2032
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Hubert de Bouard picked his cabernet franc at glorious ripeness in October, with grape sugars between 13% and 13.5%, despite the fact that this vineyard normally ripens early. The final blend will include more than 50% cabernet franc, which was fatter, and slightly lower in acidity, than the estate's merlot. The young 2002 was still on its lees, unracked, in early April.
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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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