2010 Chateau Angelus Premier Grand Cru Classe A, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 1x750ml

Robert Parker 95

Tasted blind at the Southwold Bordeaux 2010 tasting. The Angelus 2010 has a rounded, more feminine bouquet that its peers with vivacious red cherries and wild strawberry scents. There is well-integrated creamy oak all with an alluring seamlessness and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with fine acidity and slightly powdery tannins. It is very well focused with super tension and structure on the finish. Excellent. This Angelus seems to be settling down nicely. Tasted January 2014. [Neal Martin, 01/01/2014]

Vinous 95

(15.5 alcohol!): Good deep, bright ruby-red. Extravagantly rich aromas of black raspberry, blueberry, bitter chocolate and coconutty oak. Like liquid silk in the mouth, but with outstanding verve to the huge, palate-saturating flavors of blueberry, violet, espresso and minerals. This is almost too much of a good thing today in a Napa cult wine way, but the wine’s molten, slowly building tannins and outstanding finishing power promise a long and glorious evolution in bottle. [Stephen Tanzer, 01/07/2013]