Angélus excels, but it cost ruthless selection, twice the usual volume of third wine and 15% less of the second, as well as a large proportion of Cabernet Franc. The wine maintains its solar aromas, but its body has changed again as it has in the past. It is silkier, has a more subtle feel and above all more longitudinal and very flavoursome, it stretches out with tannins that have never been so fine-grained. That`s performance for you. pH: 3.65, lower than usual. A blend of 50% cabernet franc, 50% merlot. IPT : 95 – Alcohol content: 13,6°. 96 points

The Château Angelus 2014, a blend of 50% Cabernet Franc and 50% Merlot was picked between 2 and 22 October over a 3-week period. It has a surprisingly bashful nose at first, not one that comes racing out of the blocks to greet you. But there is plenty of fruit here, beautifully defined, a little more introverted than usual possibly due to the higher percentage of Cabernet Franc. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, linear in style with a saline note complementing that lattice of black fruit. It gently builds towards the spicy, slightly compact finish but never fully let’s go, the Cabernet Franc lending a slight savory edge on the aftertaste. This will probably need three of four years in bottle as this is slightly harder compared to recent vintages with more backbone. Yet it still constitutes an admirable Saint Emilion even if it does not ignite the same pyrotechnics as say, Pavie or Ausone. 91-93 points