Angludet 2019

Margaux, Cru bourgeois

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Tasting Notes

The 2019 d'Angludet has a fine bouquet, well-defined with tobacco and pencil box aromas infusing the black fruit, taut and displaying beautifully integrated oak. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grain tannins, composed and harmonious, maybe missing a little grip, but it sashays along with style. Delicious Margaux. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.

Score: 91

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2024-2040 01 February 2023

The 2019 d’Angludet is the first vintage with partial aging in clay amphora (30%); around 35% of the barrels were new. I must confess that I like the aromatics here: macerated red cherries, crushed strawberry and raspberry fruit, a little earthiness and a hint of leather. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, a fine bead of acidity, and clean, fresh fruit that merges into more tertiary, slightly peppery notes toward the finish. Fine.

Score: 91

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2023-2038 01 February 2022

The 2019 Angludet offers ripe black cherries and candied orange peel on the nose before more classic earthier scents join the fray. The aromatics are quite boisterous. The palate is sweet and fleshy, almost corpulent on the entry with a veneer of ripe kirsch and crushed strawberry. Modest depth, focused with a pleasant pure finish, this will be one of Margaux's more approachable wines and should give 15-20 years of drinking pleasure.

Score: 88 - 90

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2023-2038 01 June 2020

A wine that has taken on a more serious side over ageing. Still ripe and supple, and now in bottle offers a brilliance slice of polished but nuanced Margaux, with damson, raspberry and blueberry fruits set against raspberry leaf and violet floral character, and a more gourmet edge of bitter chocolate and brioche. Great stuff from Benjamin Sichel, 6th generation of the family in Bordeaux, and an upscore from En Primeur (which leaves me wondering if the 50% amphoras emphasised an austerity in the early months of the wine). 30% new oak. In biodynamic conversion.

Score: 93

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2024-2036 15 February 2022

Sweet damson and red cherry fruit, notable creaminess on the attack, with light grilled cedar notes. Not the most intense Margaux in 2019, but easily one of the more supple, inviting and easy to love. Clear Margaux signature with delicate violet flowers on the aromatics. Definitely one to look out for from the Sichel family.

Score: 91

Jane Anson, Decanter.com Maturity: 2023 - 2036 20 May 2020

The 2019 Angludet has not come together well with élevage. It remains burly, angular and not especially interesting.

Score: 86

Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2022-2027 01 February 2022

The 2019 Angludet is dark, jammy and four-square. It will be interesting to see if there is more here than this barrel sample suggests.

Score: 86 - 88

Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux 01 June 2020

A blend of 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, the 2019 Château D'Angludet has a deep purple color as well as a beautiful nose of blue fruits, candied orange zest, violets, and flowery incense. Complex and nuanced on the nose, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a plush, sexy texture, sweet tannins, and a great finish. It's an impressive barrel sample.

Score: 90 - 92

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com 30 June 2020

A dense, layered red with chocolate, hazelnut and redcurrants. It’s medium-to full-bodied. Chewy tannins at the end.

Score: 91 - 92

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 03 June 2020