Chateau Angelus 2005

Chateau Angelus 2005

Clear deep ruby/garnet; clean medium nose of cassis, raspberry jam, balsamic, old leather, musty/dusty books and fall cracked leaves; dry; high acidity; medium-plus tannins; medium plus alcohol; medium-plus body; pronounced flavor intensity; the palate is tarter with the addition of cocoa and dried flowers; long long finish; drink now or in 5 years; this is an absolutely stunning wine; velvety and beguiling like a seductress slipping into your DM; the finish was over a minute long; no decant; peaked around an hour after being opened.

Critical Acclaim

100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Truly great stuff, this wine performed at a three-digit level both in the horizontal tasting of 2005s in Baltimore, as well as in Montreal at this mini-vertical. This sensational, opaque, bluish/purple wine offers up notes of vanillin, spring flowers, blueberry and blackberry liqueur, plus a touch of licorice. The wine hits the palate with a thunderous cascade of ripe, rich, concentrated fruit. It is full-bodied, multidimensional and layered. The tannins are beautifully integrated but still present, and the wood, acidity, alcohol, etc., are all beautifully assimilated in this magnificent, majestic vintage of Angelus. It can be drunk now, but it is still an adolescent and that suggests it has at least another 25-35 years of longevity. 

97 Vinous

The 2005 Angélus is the most tannic and forbidding of the three wines on this last flight. Deep, massively concentrated and youthful, 2005 is going to need at least a few more years in the bottle to start drinking well. Even so, its pedigree and class are quite evident. Next to Pavie and Cheval Blanc, Angélus has broader shoulders, larger-grained tannins and more overt ripeness, while the Cabernet Franc is quite evident, especially when compared with the Cheval. 

96 Wine Spectator

Black purple in color, with coffee, blackberry and currant on the nose. Full-bodied, with super velvety tannins and a long aftertaste of toasty oak and ripe fruit. Very close to 2000. Superb. Best after 2018.

95 Wine Enthusiast

A spicy, densely sweet wine, all ripe purple fruits bursting out of a straitjacket of tannins, with the wood flavors quite dominant at this stage. The wine is firm, but the fruit is so big that the dryness is lost.

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