Château Angludet Margaux

At Château Angludet, all grapes are harvested at optimal ripeness, immediately brought to the winery, and traditionally fermented separately by grape variety and plot. The wines remain on the skins for about twenty to thirty days, are then carefully drawn off, and after the malolactic fermentation is complete, are laid to mature for twelve months in French oak barriques (one-third new wood). About four months after the harvest, around February or March of the following year, the cellar team begins to regularly taste the wines in order to finally select the best barrels and blend them into the "Grand Vin" of Angludet. The cuvée now completes its maturation in the barrel before it is finally carefully bottled and released for sale.

Color: deep, ink-dark cherry to blackberry red with violet highlights. Aroma: intense, fragrant, fresh, and seductive on the nose with lush aromas of juicy, sweet-ripe blackberries, black currants, raspberries, plums, and spices, also some coffee and licorice, perfectly balanced with the fine, slightly roasted notes of barrique maturation.

On the palate, fleshy, juicy, fresh, and full-bodied with the supple, sweet-ripe fruit of the bouquet and noticeable, yet equally gentle and sweet-ripe tannin; silky in the finish, soft with an elegant, seductively long, aromatic aftertaste—undoubtedly a great vintage and a magnificent expression of the unmistakable elegance and class of a unique terroir.

Wine Advocate 2012: 90-93 points for vintage 2012