Chateau Angelus - Carillon d´Angelus 2023

JAMES SUCKLING: "There’s depth and beauty to this wine. It offers crunchy fruit, a chalky undertone and a hint of raw coffee bean. Medium body. Fine tannins. Bright and transparent. 90% merlot and 10% cabernet franc."

WEINWISSER: "90 % Merlot, 10 % Cabernet Franc, 48 h/ha. Delikates rotbeeriges Bouquet, Veilchen, Blutorangenzesten und Johannisbeernektar. Am sublimen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, balancierter Rasse und sehnigem Körper, unglaublich rein und präzise. Im konzentrierten langen Finale mit Schattenmorelle, feminin, helles Graphit und feinkörniges Extrakt."

DECANTER: "Gorgeous purple colour in the glass. Just-ripe cherries, cranberries and plums. Smells fresh and lively with some liquorice hints. Smooth and so lively, really lifted and pure with both sweet and crisp cranberries giving a mixture of tension but also great movement. Bitter orange touches add a spiced angle but also more character. Lovely tannin integration, this is fun, but stylish, very clean and precise. Great drinkability on offer. 3.6pH. Ageing 16 months, 60% new oak."

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Reife rote Herzkirschen, ein Hauch von Zwetschken, zarte Kräuterwürze, kandierte Orangenzesten. Saftig, elegant, dezente Extraktsüße, angenehmer Säurekern, komplex, mineralisch, gute Länge, ein stoffiger Speisenbegleiter."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Flowers, licorice, cherries, plums, black raspberries, vanilla, and a hint of spice open the perfume. On the palate, the wine is polished, soft, and displays red pit fruits, chalk, and spice that you taste, and feel on the palate, and in the finish, with a touch of refreshing mint on the backend. The wine blends 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2023 Le Carillon d'Angélus, as usual a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, exhibits attractive aromas of cherries, raspberries and blackberries mingled with hints of exotic spices, vine smoke and violets. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and polished, it's layered and enveloping, with a charming, seamless profile and a long, mouthwatering finish. As readers will by now remember, this bottling is no longer a "second wine" per se but rather draws on some 25 hectares of dedicated vineyards, emphasizing Merlot from the cool terroirs of Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, complemented by holdings in the gravelly Figeac sector and on clay soils near Angélus itself—with anything that doesn't make the cut relegated to the No. 3 d'Angélus."

JEB DUNNUCK: "The second wine from Angélus, the 2023 Le Carillon D'Angélus is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc raised in 60% new oak, with the balance in stainless steel. Beautiful black raspberries, cassis, graphite, and spicy, floral notes give way to a medium-bodied, nicely balanced, concentrated 2023 offering fine tannins and the juicy, vibrant, elegant style of the vintage."

LISA PERROTTI-BROWN: "A blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, the 2023 Carillon d’Angelus has a pH of 3.65 and it is deep garnet-purple in color. It comes bounding out with eager notes of juicy plums and fresh blackberries, plus suggestions of sassafras, black pepper, tar, and fragrant soil. The medium-bodied palate is lively and soft-textured, delivering vibrant black berry flavors, with a racy backbone and a lifted finish."