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Wine Description
The Story
Château Angelus is one of the largest and most prestigious St-Emilion estates and was promoted to1er grand cru classé status in the 1996 St-Emilion reclassification. Since 2012 ranked Premier grand cru classé (A) in the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine. Passionately managed for over four generations, Angelus is owned and run by two cousins, Hubert de Boüard de Laforest, andJean-Bernard Grenie and is located in the centre-west of the St-Emi...
Wine Information
1998 Vintage
The particularly fine weather during August allowed the grapes to ripen evenly. The grapes were very rich and perfectly healthy.
The wines are very dark with a lovely range of aromas. Fruit flavours such as plums and blackberries mingle with notes of coffee, chocolate, smoky hints and the freshness of liquorice. A great intensity of flavours comes through on the palate along with the quality and precision of tannins of the ver...
