Region: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, Bordeaux
Variety: Merlot & Cabernet Franc
Vintage: 2024
The Wine
Angélus occupies prime limestone and clay slopes on the Saint-Émilion plateau, producing wines that balance richness with vertical structure. Cabernet Franc plays a crucial role in aromatic lift and longevity.
In 2024, the estate favoured elegance over sheer mass. Dark cherry, plum, spice and floral notes are supported by polished tannins and precise acidity, delivering a composed, cellar-driven expression.
Offered En Primeur. Arrival anticipated early 2027.
Cellared Says
A measured, refined Angélus that rewards patience. Less flamboyant, more classical, finer well polished wine.
Wine Reviews
The 2024 Angelus is very fine. It is the first vintage I have tasted that captures the newer approach at Angelus, one where the wines are not as extracted as in the past. Black cherry, plum, spice, new leather and menthol fill out the layers effortlessly. Here, too, the wine shows superb balance and real textural presence. The blend is 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, with the Merlot being raised in 80% new oak and 20% once-filled barrels, and the Cabernet Franc in equal parts foudres and new smaller French oak barrels. The 2024 is mid-weight, classy and polished.
93-95 points Antonio Galloni - Vinous
Vivid plum colour, cedar and gunsmoke on the opening, skilfully and carefully put together, slim through the palate, but this is very clearly finessed, sleek, with quiet confidence, and pumice stone texture, cherry pit, squid ink, damson, rosebud, Cabernet Franc dominant in terms of its floral aromatics. 39hl/h yield, 40th anniversary vintage of Hubert de Böuard. This will for sure be ready to drink earlier than many vintages of Angélus, but it is well structured and will age for many years to come. No chaptilisation.
93 Points Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux
Region: Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, Bordeaux
Variety: Merlot & Cabernet Franc
Vintage: 2024
The Wine
Angélus occupies prime limestone and clay slopes on the Saint-Émilion plateau, producing wines that balance richness with vertical structure. Cabernet Franc plays a crucial role in aromatic lift and longevity.
In 2024, the estate favoured elegance over sheer mass. Dark cherry, plum, spice and floral notes are supported by polished tannins and precise acidity, delivering a composed, cellar-driven expression.
Offered En Primeur. Arrival anticipated early 2027.
Cellared Says
A measured, refined Angélus that rewards patience. Less flamboyant, more classical, finer well polished wine.
Wine Reviews
The 2024 Angelus is very fine. It is the first vintage I have tasted that captures the newer approach at Angelus, one where the wines are not as extracted as in the past. Black cherry, plum, spice, new leather and menthol fill out the layers effortlessly. Here, too, the wine shows superb balance and real textural presence. The blend is 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, with the Merlot being raised in 80% new oak and 20% once-filled barrels, and the Cabernet Franc in equal parts foudres and new smaller French oak barrels. The 2024 is mid-weight, classy and polished.
93-95 points Antonio Galloni - Vinous
Vivid plum colour, cedar and gunsmoke on the opening, skilfully and carefully put together, slim through the palate, but this is very clearly finessed, sleek, with quiet confidence, and pumice stone texture, cherry pit, squid ink, damson, rosebud, Cabernet Franc dominant in terms of its floral aromatics. 39hl/h yield, 40th anniversary vintage of Hubert de Böuard. This will for sure be ready to drink earlier than many vintages of Angélus, but it is well structured and will age for many years to come. No chaptilisation.
93 Points Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux
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