Decanter | D 95
Published: Nov 2, 2021
Drink: 2021-2042

2011 was a fairly classical vintage, and after austere early years it's now becoming approachable, full of life, finesse and precision. You can begin to see in this wine how Angélus opens up with some bottle age. There are touches of rose petal alongside still-intense damson fruits, and the liquorice through the mid-palate is coming to the fore. There's good flesh to the tannins, and the elegance is clear without being too serious. Angélus is a wine that never forgets how to be generous.

Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 14.00%
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 40% Cabernet Franc 60% Merlot

The Wine Advocate | RP 94
Published: Apr 30, 2014 
Drink: 2014-2029 

The 2011 Angelus is another winner from Hubert de Bouard. Supple and sexy with lots of blueberry and black raspberry fruit intermixed with licorice, barbecue smoke and camphor, this medium to full-bodied, supple-textured, sexy effort offers delicious drinking now, and promises to become even better over the next decade. It should keep for 15 or more years.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 94
Published: May 31, 2022

Intense nose of redcurrant and bramble jelly. Gains a lot of herbal and earthy complexity with some aeration. Very satisfying balance of full, powdery tannins and restrained richness. Quite sweet entry, but this turns decisively dry at the long, straight and elegant finish. Hint of warmth from alcohol, but this is part of the style. Drink or hold. Château Quintus vertical tasting. SP.

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 17
Published: Jun 14, 2022
Drink: 2020-2032

Tasted blind. Deep, glowing crimson with a little evolution at the rim. Rich, ripe, ambitious and appealing nose. Good tannin management compared with B [Ch Pavie]. Lots of ripe Merlot fruit with a seasoning of Cabernet Franc and, although there is still some fine tannin, the fruit is still there and seems set to outlast the tannin. Not classic but a good example of the modern style. Ch Angélus? 

Angelus.com

In the last thirty years, Hubert de Boüard de Laforest has constantly challenged practices and techniques for the benefit of his land and the unique characteristics of the wines grown on it, enabling Château Angelus to be recognised as one of the foremost properties in its appellation area. This recognition has been documented in one classification after another, the last of which awarded Château Angelus the status of Premier Grand Cru Classé "A".

2011 "LE CISELÉ"
The weather patterns of this vintage were quite unusual and forced the estate’s teams to adapt continuously, while never letting up with grass cover crop management, tilling and early leaf removal and thinning out. These wines start with pure ripe fruit aromas. After a precise attack they display fine, silky, tight-knit tannins and a lovely mouth-filling feel. Very elegant finish.

Harvest: 19th September to 6th October
Blend: 60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc
Drink: 2025 - 2040