2025 Angelus

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2028!
Delivery until Fall 2028!

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2025 Angélus cascades out of the glass with flowing scents of fresh blackberries, red currant preserves, and lilacs, giving way to fragrant suggestions of rose bud tea, crushed rocks, garrigue, and forest floor. The medium- to full-bodied palate is a vortex of energy, delivering swirling black, red, and blue fruit notes with floral accents, supported by super-fine-grained tannins and a lively line of freshness, finishing very long with lots of mineral and chalky sparks. An exhilarating vinous adventure! The blend is 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet Franc. It has an alcohol of 14% and a pH of 3.6.
98-100/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown

(Saint-Émilion; 50% Merlot; 50% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 30 hl/ha; pH 3.50; 14% alcohol; tasted at the property with Stephanie de Boüard-Rivoal and Banjamin Laforêt). It's the salinity here and the rocky minerality that I hone in on first. Then the Cabernet Franc starts to build, rising up through the space afforded to it by the Merlot frame. This is mirrored on the palate. I love this in the mouth, with that vivid and dynamic cedar-enrobed Bouchet (with its notes of blueberry, cassis and a lovely slightly green herbal element) swirling up through the Merlot. So juicy, so lithe, so plump and so plush in its crunchy fruit personality, the details picked out by the pixilating limestone tannins. This is almost pointilist in its extremely articulate expression of this great terroir. Very dynamic and energising! Superb. A truly great vintage of Angélus.
97-99/100 Colin Hay

In response to the heat and drought of 2025, allowing elegance to take the lead from the very beginning. Iris and French peony unfold with a clear, softly radiant presence, moving gently through the air, while the sweetness of Garriguette strawberry carries a delicate grace, refined and never cloying, shaping a mood that feels both tender and quietly evocative. Yet the wine’s true stature lies beyond its immediate aromatic charm: a carefully polished tannic structure forms the backbone, grounding its elegance with substance and ensuring that its fragrance holds its form. This is the defining spirit of Château Angélus 2025.
97-98/100 Alexandre Ma

The depths are immediately apparent, clear polished stones, liquorice root, olive pit, espresso, cappuccino, full of the luscious signature of the estate, clutches of sage and freshly cut herbs, savoury with a pumice stone climb through the palate. Benjamin Laforêt technical director. Harvest September 10 to 20, 30hl/ha yield, 3.65ph. The Boüard-owned Château Bellevue plots have been included in here as of 2022, ad you can imagine that this vintage really benefited from its limestone soils. As of 2026 vintage Angelus will be made in the new cellar.
97/100 Jane Anson