2015 Château Angélus Grand Cru Classé

96 POINTS

Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

How about that investigation into Chateau Angelus big boss Hubert de Boüard for “taking illegal interest” in the rankings of Grand Cru Classé in Saint Emilion? Allegedly, the outcomes made by Boüard, and a journalist linked to the scandal, were intending to result in the elevation of ranking for Angelus. Well, there you go. Anyways, cabernet franc is perhaps the great character in this wine. I’ve always had a soft spot for Angelus, this wine firmed my resolve to rekindle with the producer. Racehorse muscular and athletic with impossibly long and fine tannin profile coupled to incredible sense of succulence. Dark cherry, cassis, lavender notes, earth and brambles, faint anise. The palate races away, shows great inward concentration but impossibly wonderful texture and persistence. Epic wine here.