TN: 2004 Château Angélus (France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru)

[DavidG]

• 2004 Château Angélus - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru (3/3/2013)
  Purchased as future and stored in temp controlled cellar since release. Perfect cork and fill. Opened 6 hours prior to serving. Dark purple core, dark red at rim. Medium-intensity nose of black fruits, lead pencil, mint and a hint of vanillin oak. Medium body, good balance with a bit more tannin than fruit, fairly compact and crisp, no tertiary development yet, fruit and tannins battle it out in a fairly long finish. Should continue to improve - will fruit outlast tannins? Wait 3-5 years to open the next one. Excellent to outstanding.

[pomilion]

Thanks for the note David. Have you (or has anyone else) had '06 Angelus in the past few years? Loved it early on and bought a bunch when it was semi-affordable but haven't had one for a few years.

[DavidG]

Pomilion - I have a few bottles of the '06 in the cellar but have not cracked one yet.

[robert goulet]

'04 baby!!!