Chateau Angelus 1er Grand Cru Classe A 1998 in 12er Holzkiste

Parker: The 1998 Angélus, a blend of 40% Cabernet Franc and 60% Merlot, is deep garnet colored with a touch of brick. The nose is completely...WOW! It has an incredible array of smoked meats, incense, cigar box and dusty earth notions over a core of baked cherries, dried mulberries, preserved plums and dried roses with wafts of lavender, menthol and new leather. The palate is medium to full-bodied, rich, intense and packed with black fruit preserves accented by complex savory and earth-inspired flavors, supported by wonderful freshness, textured by plush tannins and finishing with fantastic tension. This still has loads of life—25+ more years! 98/100 (2018)

Lobenberg: Dunkles Lila-Rot, schwarze Reflexe. Schwarze Johannisbeere, Cassis, Blaubeere in der Nase, im Mund auch Pflaume, Schoko und Lakritze, sehr dichtes Extrakt, sehr konzentriert, reichhaltig. Klare Struktur, deutliches Holz, üppig, aber auch elegant und hervorragend balanciert.

Jancis Robinson: Transparent garnet. Very rich and dense with some notes of iron and char and a lovely smooth sweet-yet-fresh palate. Very appetising and rather glorious. Really long and subtle. 17.5/20 (2022)