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This year the wine has a full 50% of Cabernet Franc in the blend, higher than usual. It is a bright, focused and brilliant Angelus this year with captivating aromatics of violets, juniper and wild herbs. Tense, vibrant and coiled through the palate, there is a scultped and seamless feel to the tannins. There is an understated intensity that builds through the palate to a vivid and sophisticated finish.
The 2025 Angélus was picked from September 10 to 20 and Stéphanie de Bouard told me that they halved the pumpovers. The Cabernet Franc is aged half in foudres and half in new barrel, and the Merlot is half in new barrel and half in one-year-old barrels that were used for the 2023 vintage. The alcohol is 14.05% with a pH of 3.6, many grapes showing a gram or more malic acid. This note comes from a narrower Riedel glass that showed the wine in a better and more accurate light. The bouquet opens with blackberry, raspberry, light cassis scents and a touch of iodine, well defined, the oak seated politely in the background. The palate is silky smooth with filigree tannins, very well judged acidity plus palpable underlying sapid notes that come through towards the finish. Fine tension, very focused with a very persistent aftertaste, this is an Angélus with great potential and it should give 25 to 30 years' drinking pleasure.
A blend of equal parts Cabernet Franc and Merlot, the 2025 Angélus is already beautifully harmonious, even at this early stage. Unfurling in the glass with notes of sweet dark berries and plums mingled with notions of violets, licorice and spices, it's medium- to full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, with ripe tannins, lively acids and a long, perfumed finish. Much like its 2022 predecessor, the 2025 underlines that this estate's shift toward greater purity and subtler élevage choices can be sustained even in historically warm years.
A superb contemporary Grand Vin. Aromatic, vibrant and wonderfully fresh. Blood orange, mint, white pepper, rose petal and chalk weave through layers of red-toned fruit. Noble purity and understated grace. Élevage uses 50% foudre for Cabernet Franc. Dazzling.
Critic score 94/100
Maturity Young 2027 - 2050
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Maturity Mature 2012 - 2020
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