Chateau Angelus - Carillon d´Angelus 2024

James Suckling: "The purity of fruit is impressive with sliced cherries, strawberries and hints of walnuts and chestnuts. Medium-bodied, this has a creamy, integrated tannin structure and a fine, fresh finish. 90% merlot and 10% cabernet franc."

Jane Anson: "Love the bright fruit, just a slight kiss of cedar and sandalwood oak, even a touch of incense. Not huge depths compared to some vintages but they really have leaned in and delivered a vivid, sappy and mouth watering wine, with confident tannins. 45hl/h yield. 40th anniversary vintage of Hubert de Böuard."

Weinwisser: "90 % Merlot, 10 % Cabernet Franc. Verspieltes, florales Bouquet, Iris und Flieder, dahinter frischer Johannisbeernektar, Szechuanpfeffer und Orangenzesten. Am saftigen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, balancierter Rasse, edlem mineralischer Kern, mittlerem Körper. Im gebündelten, mittleren Finale mit Grafit, Preiselbeersaft und feinkörniger Adstringenz."

Decanter: "Aromatic intensity, some dried herbs, milk chocolate, soy, vanilla and blackcurrants with soft floral scents too. Smooth and round, this has tons of concentration and pure red and black fruit with super fine tannins laced with liquorice and mint. I love the harmony here, lovely presentation and sense of ease as well as being full of flavour and intensity while still being delicate and finessed. A great wine, assured and confident and really dispelling the difficulties of the vintage. Chalky and mineral with liquorice spice on the finish. Cool and easy. Crisp and clean. 3.65pH - complexity of flavour and held by acidity."

Jeb Dunnuck: "Based on 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, the 2024 Le Carillon D'Angélus sports a slightly deeper ruby hue as well as a beautiful nose of black raspberries and cassis intermixed with spice wood, graphite, and spring flowers. It's polished, medium-bodied, has fine tannins, and shows the fresh, crisp, yet elegant style of this château and vintage."

Falstaff: "Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, breitere Randaufhellung. Zart nach Lakritze und Gewürznelken, schwarze Waldbeeren, feine Kräuterwürze, Nuancen von Preiselbeeren. Saftig, elegant, rote Kirschfrucht, finessenreiche Säurestruktur, mineralisch-salzig, ein delikater, lebendiger Speisenbegleiter."

The Wine Cellar Insider: "Chocolate-covered plums, black raspberries, espresso, black cherries, and licorice fill the perfume. Vibrant, fresh, and juicy, the fruits are lively, soft, sweet, and have a touch of crushed rocks and stones that emerge at the end of the finish. With a year or so in the bottle, you can enjoy this wine 12 to 15 years after that. The wine blends 90% Merlot, with 10% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2027-2040."