99 James Suckling
The aromas are incredibly complex with dark berries, elderberries, bay leaves, cloves and tile, follow through to a full body with layers of creamy and lightly dusty tannins that deliver a lingering finish and great attention to detail. The flavors range from black fruit to earth and stones. It’s reserved and poised with great intensity and power, in a toned and formed mode. One for the cellar. Try after 2026.
19 Rene Gabriel
Kunz Fassprobe 19: (65% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc) Konzentriertes, kräftiges, dunkles, samtenes Bouquet, schwarze Beeren, fein Pflaumen, Dörrfrüchte, schwarze Pralinen, fein Eukalyptus, schwarze Oliven. Konzentrierter, kraftvoller, aromatischer Gaumen mit kräftiger, dunkler Frucht, cremiger, muskulöser Struktur, vielfältiger, süsser Aromatik, sehr langer, dichter, eleganter, süsser Abgang.
97 Vinous
The 2018 Angélus is striking. Cabernet Franc aromatics make a strong first impression. Vibrant and delineated, the 2018 is incredibly refined in every way. The move towards a bit less extraction really seems to let the purity of the fruit come through. The same is true of a reduction of oak. All the elements come together so effortlessly. The 2018 has all the richness readers expect of Angélus, with much more finesse and more overall vibrancy, a combination that works so well.
The aromas are incredibly complex with dark berries, elderberries, bay leaves, cloves and tile, follow through to a full body with layers of creamy and lightly dusty tannins that deliver a lingering finish and great attention to detail. The flavors range from black fruit to earth and stones. It’s reserved and poised with great intensity and power, in a toned and formed mode. One for the cellar. Try after 2026.