Château Angélus

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend

9.582 ratings
9.421 pro ratings
St. Émilion, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
Red Bordeaux Blend
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9.6

The 1989 Angélus is a vintage that I have tasted multiple times from various formats. It remains one of my favorite of that era. Still quite deep in color, it has a glorious, almost hubristic bouquet of layers of lush black cherries, cedar, sage and meat juice aromas as it moves assuredly into its secondary phase. The palate has always been very harmonious and smooth, the tannins finer than preceding vintages. There is lovely grip here, and black truffle and smoky notes appear on the finish. A quite marvelous Château Angélus. Tasted at the château. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2019)

The 1989 Angélus is a vintage that I have tasted multiple times from various formats. It remains one of my favorite of that era. Still quite deep in color, it has a glorious, almost hubristic bouquet of layers of lush black cherries, cedar, sage and meat juice aromas as it moves assuredly into its secondary phase. The palate has always been very harmonious and smooth, the tannins finer than preceding vintages. There is lovely grip here, and black truffle and smoky notes appear on the finish. A quite marvelous Château Angélus. Tasted at the château. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2019)

Sep 13th, 2019
Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.6

1989 Bordeaux PNV Retrospective at Larkmead. Cinnamon and clove spice. Canned peaches. Explosive aromatics. Floral perfume, earth. Full, powerful. Long. Love.

1989 Bordeaux PNV Retrospective at Larkmead. Cinnamon and clove spice. Canned peaches. Explosive aromatics. Floral perfume, earth. Full, powerful. Long. Love.

Feb 25th, 2019
Loren Grossman

Vintner Wilde Farm Wines

9.5

Cashmere. Textured and delicious.

Cashmere. Textured and delicious.

Feb 10th, 2018
Craig Haserot

Founder and Proprietor Sojourn Cellars

9.3

Spectacular

Spectacular

Dec 19th, 2016
Jesse Mallgren

Just a taste from an extremely nice table. It was tasty.

Just a taste from an extremely nice table. It was tasty.

Oct 18th, 2014
Zachary Sussman

Wine writer PUNCH

9.5

It happened.

It happened.

Oct 9th, 2014
Charles Antin

Senior Wine Specialist/Auctioneer Zachys

9.2

Wotn for sure

Wotn for sure

Oct 9th, 2014
Bruce Leboff

An elegant queen. Showing her age. Elegant refined and a treat to drink. Google say 50% Cab franc on top of the classic merlot - but no harsh peppery notes. Lovely and elegant in its prime or perhaps cresting. Dark fruit and a hint of prune - even a hint of raisin A beauty.

An elegant queen. Showing her age. Elegant refined and a treat to drink. Google say 50% Cab franc on top of the classic merlot - but no harsh peppery notes. Lovely and elegant in its prime or perhaps cresting. Dark fruit and a hint of prune - even a hint of raisin A beauty.

Jul 31st, 2022
Scott Kahn

Beautiful nose that was truly overshadowed by the palette presentation! Aromatic notes of cedar joined the complex tannins that while soft, needed a decant to take their rightful place. And while Parker has this wine in decline, I believe that this wine continues to show beautifully and should have many more years in a cellar.

Beautiful nose that was truly overshadowed by the palette presentation! Aromatic notes of cedar joined the complex tannins that while soft, needed a decant to take their rightful place. And while Parker has this wine in decline, I believe that this wine continues to show beautifully and should have many more years in a cellar.

Jun 27th, 2022
Bruce Leboff

Elegant and world class. Finely interrelated tannins. In it’s prime. nose lost a bit after a half hour Finish on this was super long 1 to 1.5 min plus

Elegant and world class. Finely interrelated tannins. In it’s prime. nose lost a bit after a half hour Finish on this was super long 1 to 1.5 min plus

May 3rd, 2022