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Taster #4632
· Jan 12, 2026
- Fresh bread, cigar box, red stone fruit, red currant, black cherry, leather, something wet and mineral and aquatic that’s hard to put my finger on. it's young.
2020 vintage
Taster #1184
· Sep 2, 2025
86/100
Nose: Spicy plum. Palate: Lots of green pyrazines, tastes more like underripe cab franc than merlot to me; quite vegetal, blackberry bramble, muddy, green tannins. Over the next couple days, the wine does hold consistent remarkably well, but overall too underripe for my tastes.
2020 vintage
Taster #8613
· Jun 18, 2025
89/100
This 100% Merlot right bank from the legendary producer château Angelous is pleasing. The 2020 Vintage consumed after five years in bottle is still young and fresh. Full of bruised fruit with a plum and iron rich palate. Chassis, blue berry pie, rosemary, and a touch of pencil lead. It shows only mild signs of being aged in wood. Some vanilla and caramel is present when first opening. This is not a bottle I would pop and pour. Frankly it’s …
2020 vintage
Taster #1248
· May 4, 2025
92/100
Jazz show at the NOLA Ritz Carlton Cote de Castillon clay and limestone slopes just outside of St Emilion Dark brooding with tea leaves and cocoa type of wine. Palate has sharp acidity but dark chocolate notes. Nice and powerful red
2020 vintage
Taster #0987
· Nov 20, 2024
89/100
PnP. Did not take proper notes on day 1. Wine was brash as ever. Day 2: Purple with dark pink edge in color. Nose of plum, red currants and cherries w/ a slight pyrazine note. Alcoholic heat is still noticeable, but its not spoiling the party like on day 1. On the palate: intense red berries, sweet tobacco, five spice powder and subtle pyrazine. Sandy tannins are perceived on cheeks, gums and tongue. Medium to long finish of red berries, …
2020 vintage
Taster #9317
· Oct 7, 2024
88/100
Lovely ripe ready to drink Merlot Quite classy at this level
2020 vintage
Taster #0987
· Jun 25, 2024
89/100
2 hour decant in glass. Inky, nearly opaque purple w/ dark magenta edge in color. Nose of cassis, luxardo cherry, saddle leather, pyrazines and alcoholic heat. On the palate: cassis, sweet earth, sweet tobacco & five spice powder. Tannins are surprisingly well integrated already--perceived on gums and cheeks. Long finish of cassis, pyrazines and five spice powder with some wood spice as well. As mentioned by others, you smell, taste and _feel_ the 14.5% alcohol at this stage. I'm hopeful …
2020 vintage
Taster #6770
· May 1, 2024
86/100
Drank at home, 375 mL format. First day very alcoholic, had a few sips only and then put into fridge. Second day more glass decant, not fantastic, but performing reasonably well given the price point (20 USD for 375 mL). Would suggest bottle decant for 4 hours +, or decanter.
2020 vintage
Taster #3571
· Apr 5, 2024
89/100
Nice value Bordeaux
2020 vintage
Taster #2704
· Dec 2, 2023
88/100
Nice deep garnet colored wine with blackberry and other black fruit notes. Very spicy with some element of possibly pepper or other earthy tones. Fairly dry with a medium body and decent finish. Would drink again but probably would let it age a year or two more.
2020 vintage
Taster #3629
· Oct 30, 2023
88/100
An ok Bordeau wine for a Monday night. Ate it with bbq chicken breast and potatoes. Nice powerfull nose, fresh fruit in the beginning of the sip but ending abruptly with short tannins. Almost hit like a wall. Better after 4 hours but really better when drunk with food.
2020 vintage
Taster #7568
· Oct 17, 2023
88/100
Domaine visit. Cote de Castillon wine. Lots of red fruit, generous oak, baking spices. International style.
2020 vintage
Taster #4410
· Sep 1, 2023
90/100
Kraftpaket! fyllig och tät i färgen, tydligt ung och är för stunden obalanserad men det finns bra potential för lagring. Tanninerna är tuffa och tar ett rejält grepp. Härliga mörka blåa/mörka bär, får en tydlig drottningsylt-smak.
2020 vintage
Taster #8868
· Aug 27, 2023
88/100
Second time tasting this new wine from Angelus. In its second vintage and created in their new winery. This time was able to try it with a bit more air. I like it, but it is young and rustic and definitely needs food.
2020 vintage
Taster #5374
· Aug 26, 2023
89/100
The DQ knows I am a big Angelus fan, but I've never had their 2nd wine, Le Carillon and had no idea they made a 3rd or 4th wine, til the DQ let me know of this one, yesterday. I guess it's only their 2nd vintage. Pnp'd once home after dinner. Dark purple in the glass. Nose of big, juicy dark fruit with a slightly vegetal green note, not pyrazine. Palate of young, juicy energetic but rather singular fruit and …
2020 vintage
Taster #1065
· Aug 23, 2023
Hot and alcoholic, even beyond what you’d expect from the label figure. Not for me.
2020 vintage
Taster #8868
· Jul 11, 2023
Really interesting ‘entry level’ wine from Angelus, made in their new state of the art facility for only its second vintage. Meant for drinking now but tannins still a bit to grippy for my palate. The fruit is there and exceeds what you would expect for the price point. Victoire from Angelus advised us to try it with a 1 hr decant and we will be blown away. Maybe will need more than an hour for me, the DQ, but …
2020 vintage
Taster #2229
· Jun 8, 2023
89/100
Youthful red-purple with purple edges in the glass. Baking spices, leather, subtle anise, and rose on the nose. The palate is also spice-dominated with cardamom, black licorice, and some wood smoke, in addition to cherry fruit on the attack. Full-bodied with the acidity to balance. There’s also a “saltiness” from the alcohol level, so this went best with the tri-tip. This forward style is ready to drink. 91, 89, 90, 87 (sweet tooth)
2020 vintage
Taster #7140
· Apr 16, 2023
90/100
Decanted for 30min, back to bottle for slow-ox, followed over a few hours. 90% Merlot, 10% CF, from Castillon Cotes de BDX. Initially was too fruit-driven and a hint of residual sugar. This changed drastically with slow-ox in the bottle. What emerged was a rather structured, balanced, terroir-driven wine. Fragrant nose of red cherries and cloves, some rocks too. Palate has some red currants and red fruits, touch of tobacco or leather, earth. Can't find the words but the palate …
2020 vintage
Taster #9015
· Mar 21, 2023
91/100
Fresh, forward, vibrant, silky cherries, supple-textures and gorgeous sweetness in the fruits with just a bit of cocoa and savory, leafy herbs that add complexity and richness to the medium-bodied finish. Drink from 2023-2034.
2020 vintage
Taster #2625
· Dec 23, 2022
89/100
Nose:Blackberry , smoke, black plums, ham, tobacco, Palate: dry, full body, high alcohol , high acidity , high tannins , Blackberry ,krydd nejlika, nettles, black plums , black cherries , smoke , medium intensitet , medium finish , can drink now but suitable for ageing, drink next bottle in 2025, good quality
2020 vintage
Taster #9015
· Dec 3, 2021
91/100
A new wine from Stephanie de Bouard and Chateau Angelus, the wine shows a solid depth of color, the wine pops right from the start with chocolatey plums, black cherries, and licorice. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, supple, round, and ready to go on release with its already delicious black and red plum, earth, fig, dark chocolate, and cocoa-tinged, silky-textured, glossy finish. 90-92 Pts
2020 vintage