SOUTHERN / AMERICAN / PACIFIC WINE & SPIRITS® Chateau Angelus Saint Emilion Grand Cru 2015 (Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France) – [JS 99] [JD 97+] [RP 97] [WE 97] [WS 96] [AG 95+] – 6057626140831

99 Points – James Suckling:
“A great wine with superb concentration and richness. yet it’s ever so agile and polished. Spices, blueberries, cinnamon and dried flowers. Full body and polished and full tannins. Great length. The refinement to the tannins is amazing. Compacted. Essence-like. Needs five or six years to open. Try in 2025.” (Feb 2018)

97+ Points – Jeb Dunnuck:
“A total blockbuster is the 2015 Angelus and it is reminiscent of a slightly more elegant 2009. Made from 62% Merlot and 38% Cabernet Franc brought up in new barrels, this rich, opulent beauty boast killer notes of blackcurrants, blackberry liqueur, truffle, chocolate and scorched earth. With full-bodied richness, building, ripe tannin and a stacked profile on the palate, this hedonistic bomb of a wine from Hubert de Boüard needs 4-5 years of cellaring and will keep for three decades or more.” – Jeb Dunnuck (11/30/2017)

97 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate:
“A blend of 62% Merlot and 38% Cabernet Franc, the 2015 Angelus reveals a deep garnet-purple color and fragrant aromas of crushed red currants, warm plums and pencil shavings with hints of incense, sage, violets and tobacco. Full-bodied, very fine and intense yet exquisitely delicate with wonderful freshness, it has ripe yet firm, very finely grained tannins and an epically long, perfumed finish. With bags of perfume and a captivating plushness, this Angelus is a real head-turner!” – Lisa Perrotti-Brown (Feb 2018)

97 Points & Cellar Selection – Wine Enthusiast Magazine:
“This wine is structured, powerful and ripe but also elegant and stylish. Juicy black fruits combine with a dry, structured core to give the wine both its richness and its future. Powered by its fruit and tannins, it has good aging potential. Drink from 2027.” – RV (Apr 2018)

96 Points – Wine Spectator Magazine:
“Dense, dark and muscular, featuring waves of warmed fig, plum and black currant paste that roll in with warm ganache, baker’s chocolate and espresso accents. A huge swath of smoldering tobacco is brewing on the finish, which has a brooding feel, thanks to tannins that hit like a thunderclap at the end. If you’ve got time to wait… Best from 2028 through 2045. 8,750 cases made.” – JM (Mar 2018)

95+ Points – Antonio Galloni:
“Readers will have to be very patient with the 2015 Angelus. Massively tannic and forbidding, Angelus is one of the most reticent, unyielding 2015s I tasted. The high percentage of Cabernet Franc, the approach to extraction, aging in the cellar – which involves minimal racking and low S02 – and slightly late bottling are some of the factors that result in a huge, powerful, impenetrable wine at this stage. Even so, the 2015 exudes concentration and depth. Time in the glass brings out some of the wine’s unctuousness, but it will be at least a decade before the 2015 is ready to deliver true drinking pleasure.” (Feb 2018)