3 double-magnums per lot
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Château l'Angélus--Vintage 1994
Saint-Emilion, grand cru classé. Château-bottled
Tasting note: In the new classification of St.-Emilion, justice was certainly served with the elevation of Angélus to premier grand cru classé status. No Bordeaux estate has been making as concentrated and consistently high quality wines as has Angélus since 1988. Even in the rain-plagued vintage of 1992, Angélus produced a wine of uncommon power, ripeness, and intensity. This estate is in many ways symbolic of what heights Bordeaux can achieve when a property is managed by someone as passionate and driven as Hubert de Boüard. As I have been writing for the last decade, these are wines to buy at first release; they can only go up in price given their quality. Another inky, purple/black-colored wine, the 1994 offers up heavenly scents of smoked meats, barbeque spices, hickory wood, and plenty of cassis and kirsch liqueur. The fruit's phenomenal purity and denseness, as well as its overall balance is admirable in view of the massive, muscular personality of this huge, full-bodied wine oozing with extract. It is a tour de force in winemaking. Anticipated maturity: 2000-2020. 93 points. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #109, February 1997
3 double-magnums per lot
Saint-Emilion, grand cru classé. Château-bottled
Tasting note: In the new classification of St.-Emilion, justice was certainly served with the elevation of Angélus to premier grand cru classé status. No Bordeaux estate has been making as concentrated and consistently high quality wines as has Angélus since 1988. Even in the rain-plagued vintage of 1992, Angélus produced a wine of uncommon power, ripeness, and intensity. This estate is in many ways symbolic of what heights Bordeaux can achieve when a property is managed by someone as passionate and driven as Hubert de Boüard. As I have been writing for the last decade, these are wines to buy at first release; they can only go up in price given their quality. Another inky, purple/black-colored wine, the 1994 offers up heavenly scents of smoked meats, barbeque spices, hickory wood, and plenty of cassis and kirsch liqueur. The fruit's phenomenal purity and denseness, as well as its overall balance is admirable in view of the massive, muscular personality of this huge, full-bodied wine oozing with extract. It is a tour de force in winemaking. Anticipated maturity: 2000-2020. 93 points. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #109, February 1997
3 double-magnums per lot
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