Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2025 Angélus cascades out of the glass with flowing scents of fresh blackberries, red currant preserves, and lilacs, giving way to fragrant suggestions of rose bud tea, crushed rocks, garrigue, and forest floor. The medium- to full-bodied palate is a vortex of energy, delivering swirling black, red, and blue fruit notes with floral accents, supported by super-fine-grained tannins and a lively line of freshness, finishing very long with lots of mineral and chalky sparks. An exhilarating vinous adventure! The blend is 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet Franc. It has an alcohol of 14% and a pH of 3.6. - 98 to 100 Points - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

It is indeed the freshness of the Cabernet Franc that dominates the bouquet… and this bodes very well for the Merlot, allowing it to shine where it usually does, but with restraint, through nuances of ripe black berries, sweet spices, and licorice. The attack, somewhat intimidated by this imposing bouquet of freshness and complexity, adopts a more delicate approach. It begins by highlighting the existing freshness before passing the baton to elegance and precision. These two elements prepare the ground with serenity and efficiency. Thus, the wine benefits from the subtle support of tannins that gradually reveal themselves, accentuating their vigor on the finish, while the acidic structure channels their assertive character. It is a matter of finding harmony and creating balance. The harmony is evident, complete, because the performance is immediate. Thus, the ratios between temperament, breadth, charm, and vivacity are remarkably coherent. There are many elements, but never too many; there is an incredible power and an exhilarating acidity; there is simply an extraordinary balance that unites paradoxes and opposites, leading them towards a joyous harmony! A profound wine that brilliantly channels its energies and lays the essential foundations for a great wine. An Angélus that is(more...)

The perfume starts with a strong floral bouquet before you dig into its wealth of red, black, and blue fruits topped with an array of spices and chocolate. The palate opens with a sublime purity of fruit, silky tannins, and zesty acidity, so you find energy, meshed with concentration and elegance. The long, seamless finish is complicated by accents of pepper riding alongside the seamless layers of fresh, clean fruits. The wine blends 50% Merlot, with 50% Cabernet Franc, 14% ABV, 3.6 pH. The wine is aging in a combination of vessels, with the Merlot aging in one-year-old barrels, while the Cabernet Franc is aging in foudres and new French oak barrels. Harvesting took place from September 10 - September 20. Yields were 35 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2030-2060. - 97 to 99 Points - Jeff Leve

(Saint-Émilion; 50% Merlot; 50% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 30 hl/ha; pH 3.50; 14% alcohol; tasted at the property with Stephanie de Boüard-Rivoal and Banjamin Laforêt). It's the salinity here and the rocky minerality that I hone in on first. Then the Cabernet Franc starts to build, rising up through the space afforded to it by the Merlot frame. This is mirrored on the palate. I love this in the mouth, with that vivid and dynamic cedar-enrobed Bouchet (with its notes of blueberry, cassis and a lovely slightly green herbal element) swirling up through the Merlot. So juicy, so lithe, so plump and so plush in its crunchy fruit personality, the details picked out by the pixilating limestone tannins. This is almost pointilist in its extremely articulate expression of this great terroir. Very dynamic and energising! Superb. A truly great vintage of Angélus. - 97 to 99 Points - Colin Hay