2020 Angelus 75CL

Saint-Emilion

₱41,795
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Wine Rating: RP 97 points
Drink by: 2027 - 2060

The 2020 Angélus has turned out superbly and underlines this estate's continuing shift to a more elegant, integrated style that offers a purer expression of its terroir. A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc, it unwinds in the glass with aromas of cherries, wild berries, rose petals, mint and subtle hints of licorice, followed by a medium to full-bodied, beautifully layered and vibrant palate that's deep, precise and penetrating, concluding with a mouthwateringly chalky finish. Some 120 hectoliters of Cabernet Franc, amounting to around 20% of the blend, were matured in foudre this year, which no doubt helps to account for the significantly reduced oak impact in the 2020.

At the end of the 18th century in 1782, Jean de Bouard de Laforest, a King’s bodyguard, settled in Saint-Emilion. His daughter, Catherine Sophie de Bouard de Laforest, married Charles Souffrain de Lavergne in 1795 and set up home on the Mazerat estate. Maurice de Bouard de Laforest inherited the estate during the 20th century and extended it, adding in particular a 3-hectare enclosure named Angelus in 1920.

His sons Jacques and Christian de Bouard de Laforest continued their father’s work and that of previous generations. They extended it further until 1985 it exceeded 20 hectares. At this time, Hubert de Bouard de Laforest, Jacques’ son, took over the management of the estate and was joined in 1987 by his cousin Jean-Bernard Grenie, Christian’s son-in-law and later by his daughter, Stephanie de Bouard-Rivoal in 2012 and by his nephew Thierry Grenie de Bouard in 2016.