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A very true Angludet blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and the final 10% Petit Verdot, which is always a favourite of Peter Sichel's and provides volume and drive to the blend. Dense purple in colour, this has a particularly perfumed aroma of fresh pomegranates and cherry fruits. In the palate it balances a very appealing and generous volume of fruit, with a subtle freshness, which uplifts the flavours and provides life and vigour at the end. This is a lovely wine for mid-term aging.
A very true Angludet blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and the final 10% Petit Verdot, which is always a favourite of Peter Sichel's and provides volume and drive to the blend. Dense purple in colour, this has a particularly perfumed aroma of fresh pomegranates and cherry fruits. In the palate it balances a very appealing and generous volume of fruit, with a subtle freshness, which uplifts the flavours and provides life and vigour at the end. This is a lovely wine for mid-term aging.
Big earthy fruit though a touch leathery, with old vines evident in structure and depth. A serious wine on the masculine side of Margaux.
(50 Cabernet Sauvignon, 40 Merlot, 10 Petit Verdot) | Yields were healthy at 40 hl/ha although Cabernet was slightly affected so they are a little lower than last year. | 32% new oak. There was apparently a little too much rain here, but it certainly doesn’t show in this wine. The Petit Verdot did its job by filling up the palate and giving a perfect link between the Cabernet Sauvignon and the Merlot. There is a darker hue, more richness and a touch more power here than usual for Angludet. It is spicy and slightly exotic and this is certainly a slightly higher IQ style than the normal jolly good fellow style with which I am so familiar. I know from experience that Angludet ages very well, but this vintage is the first in a while to warrant a ‘+’ signifying a particularly long-lived wine.
Very dark. Interesting peppery nose with real attack and vigour. Luscious fruit. Perhaps not the absolute concentration of a great long-term wine but should give lots of pleasure early. Drink 2022-2030
One of the first wines to release its price in 2015, this is an enjoyable Angludet, in which the Petit Verdot always provides some added stuffing and concentration. Sweet red fruits, plush tannin and a hint of jammyness on the finish complete the picture. Drink: 2020-28
Mid crimson. Medium intensity – rather medium in every respect. Sweet and round and charming already. Very Margaux. A little sinewy on the end but the tannins are very well managed. This could be GV so long as you don't need a very long-term wine. Hint of mintiness. Neat finish. Score 16.5/20 Drink Dates 2020 - 2030
Plump, silky and seductive are the words often used to describe wines from Margaux. Because of their style, they tend to be user friendly and more approachable when young. This is in part due to its terroir which is comprised of the thinnest soil as well as the highest proportion of chunky gravel in all of the Médoc. It drains well but also is it more susceptible to vintage variation. Margaux wines tend to have the highest proportions of Merlot within the core of the Médoc further adding to their ample roundness and openness. Margaux is home to the largest number of classified growths including its namesake first growth, Château Margaux, as well as third growths, Palmer and d'Issan.
