Wine Chateau l'Angelus, Saint-Emilion AOC 1-er Grand Cru Classe, 1988

Chateau Angelus - great, absolutely stunning wine with a rich aroma, fabulous taste and high storage potential. The wine has a layered structure monumental and luxurious tannins. The harvest for the vintage 2011 was held from 19 September to 6 October. At the peak of its development, the wine will be in the 2025-2040 biennium.

Chateau Angelus is located on a small road leading from the parking lot at the Maison du Vin in Saint-Emilion to Château Canon (Canon). Vineyard Chateau The Angelus is a collection of various plots of land, gathered together the family Bouar de Laforêt, one of the oldest in Saint-Emilion, and exists in its present form since the late 1970s. Winery owners are the fourth generation of the family Bouard de Laforest - cousins ​​Hubert de Bouard de Laforest (Hubert de Bouar de Laforest) and Jean-Bernard Grenie (Jean-Bernard Grenier). In the 1980s, as a consultant was invited to the famous Bordeaux oenologist Michel Rolland. He insisted that all the wine was aged in small farms oak barrels, up to this point Chateau Angelus did not know about any oak aging at all. Since then, the wine of Chateau The Angelus is aged 18-22 months in 100% new oak barrels. Lactic fermentation takes place in small oak barrels that can only afford small estates with significant means. The results of this innovation was so overwhelming that the 1996 Chateau Angelus has made to improve the status of Premier Grand Cru.

Vineyard Chateau l'Anzhelyus, occupying 23.4 hectares, is located on the clay-limestone soils. 3 are grown grape varieties: Merlot predominant (51%), Cabernet Franc (47%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (2%). The average age of the vines - 30-35 years. Stocking density - 7,000 vines per hectare. Yields limited to, all work is done manually.