2017 Angélus
France
Saint Émilion 1er Grand Cru Classé "A"
Bordeaux
Red
70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc
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2025 - 2047
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“The year started very quickly with the growing of the vines,” Hubert de Boüard told me during the first of what turned out to be three visits to the property. “During the frost, things slowed down. We were not affected too much. On the non-classified blocks, 15-hectares that go into the Deuxième Vin were badly affected, as they are lower in altitude. Also five-hectares in the direction of Figeac was wiped out. We were worried that the frost would be terrible, but it was not as bad as we predicted, so in the end we produced 85,000 bottles instead of the usual 95-100,000. Anyway, if the growing cycle had not slowed down we would have picked at the end of August, with high sugar and low acidity, so this cold period was beneficial. The summer was not too hot so we could keep the acidity. When we picked, the pH for the Merlot was 3.5 to 3.6 and for Cabernet Franc was around 3.5 although, we have not analyzed the final blend. When we went into the vineyard to check the ripeness we could taste a lot of fruit that we wanted to preserve, so during the vinification we worked with lower temperatures and were more careful with extraction. We extracted in the first half of the fermentation and then we stopped in order to keep the balance with the fruit and the freshness. The structure was more linear than broad, the tannins quite soft, the IPT around 85 in the tank. We started picking 13 September and finished the end of the first week in October. For Carillon d’Angélus, it is partly aged in tank (around 30%) and part in oak (50% new) since we wanted to give it its own style and identity. It is a wine made to be drinkable sooner. The Grand Vin is 100% aged in new oak using barrels dried for three or four years and charred at a lower temperature. The samples are an approximation of the final blend that will be done after a year.” This was a very well crafted, quite delicious Angélus. Even friends who are usually sniffy about Angélus commented how impressed they were by this wine, so when you are appealing to cynics you know you have done well. I found that the Angélus has the density that is missing in many of its peers, all without compromising the detail and complexity. As such, I wager that it has greater ageing potential than many of its peers.
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