Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

'A candidate for perfection with a few more years of bottle age, this great vintage of Angelus has an almost impenetrable black/purple color and a gorgeous nose of incense, graphite, blackberry liqueur, truffles and spring flowers. The wine is full-bodied, with a voluptuous texture a magnificent concentration and purity of fruit, a stunning finish of close to a minute, and wonderfully sweet, velvety tannins that make for a prodigious Angelus that should turn out to be one of the all-time greats ever made at this estate. Drink it over the next 25-50 years.' - Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, 99/100 (Aug 2015)

'Deep, saturated ruby to the rim. Super-ripe, high-toned aromas of kirsch and dark chocolate. Large-scaled, ripe and chocolatey, conveying a distinctly exotic character and an impression of power. Finishes with huge but ripe tannins and a lingering note of mocha. For the first 24 hours in the bottle the vintage dominated the wine's Cabernet Franc character, but eventually blackberry, violet and licorice elements emerged. Built for a long life in bottle.' - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com, 95/100 (Jul 2012)