Château Angélus 2024

Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux

Xavier Lacombe

60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc. Très belle profondeur aromatique, vibrante de fruits avec également des fleurs d’acacia et des roses fraîches. L’impression d’un bouquet fraîchement cueilli émane. La prise en bouche est magnifique ! Une concentration graduelle émerge de matière subtile. La concentration comme la profondeur que l’on retrouve au palais se mesure de manière très progressive, offrant un fruité au caractère frais et délicat. Puis, se retrouvent dispersées des baies plus rayonnantes et charnues, offrant un sentiment de gourmandise, avant d’être rejointe par quelques notes boisées, offrant leur élégance. Il faut également se pencher sur la texture : le jus est très pur et s’y exprime ici et là un fin caractère velouté des plus enivrants. Le tanin est frais et pourtant très ciselé, il y a un très bon support pour la garde. Très grande longueur, fraîche et florale, magnifique de charme ! 2024 fut baptisé « l’imprévisible » par l’équipe d’Angélus, qui, chaque année caractérise le millésime. Mais à l’issue de la dégustation on pourrait aussi le nommer « le Délicat », et le délicat dans toute sa splendeur. Ce vin représente à la perfection 2024. Un grand bravo !

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

It requires no effort to find the bouquet of flowers in the perfume, followed by the discovery of licorice, black cherries, espresso, Valrhona chocolate, smoke, and plums on the nose. The palate is even better, showcasing an elegant display of red pit fruits. Silky and refined, the finish emphasizes purity, lift, vibrancy, and a strong sense of place, featuring a mineral-driven conclusion. The wine blends 60% Merlot, with 40% Cabernet Franc, 13.7%. Harvesting took place from September 11 to October 5. The wine is aging as follows: the Merlot is aged in 100% new, French oak, while half the Cabernet Franc is aged in new, French oak, with the other half of the Franc aging in foudres. Drink from 2029-2050.

Vinum Wine Magazine

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, cropped at a very honorable 40 hectoliters per hectare, the 2024 Angélus has turned out well, offering up aromas of dark berries, minty plums and violet, framed by a deft touch of toasty oak. Medium-bodied, ample and suave, it's polished and textural, with sweet but present tannins and creditable persistence on the finish.

Jeb Dunnuck

A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc aging 50% (Cabernet Franc) in foudre and the rest in new oak, the 2024 Château Angélus has a deeper ruby hue as well as a beautiful nose of black raspberries, cassis, graphite, crushed stone, and flowers. It's wonderfully pure, has medium-bodied richness, a focused yet incredibly elegant mouthfeel, and ultra-fine tannins. It's a beautiful, classy Angélus that might surprise with its longevity.

James Suckling

Very classy, the transparency of this Angelus giving brilliance to the pure fruit in such a difficult growing season. Medium-bodied, it has a compacted palate and creamy, polished tannins. Very melted and harmonized. Dark cherries, raspberries and orange peel come through beautifully with some stones. 60% merlot and 40% cabernet franc.