Chateau Angludet Margaux 2022
Country: France Region: Bordeaux (Margaux)
Varietal: 47% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Petit Verdot
Vintage: 2022 Colour: Red Style: Dry
Producer: Chateau d'Angludet
Description:
Château Angludet is situated in the heart of Margaux, known for producing wines characterised by elegance, perfume, and a finely grained structure rooted in the gravelly Médoc soils. The estate’s modern identity is closely linked to the Sichel family, who acquired Angludet in 1961 and restored the vineyard and cellar following decades of neglect. This purchase and the family's long stewardship revitalised Angludet's reputation and restored the property to consistent quality within the Margaux appellation.
The 2022 growing season in Bordeaux was warm and dry and produced wines that are ripe and concentrated while retaining bright natural acidity when handled carefully. Angludet typically blends Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with smaller amounts of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, a mix that brings floral lift and a firm tannic spine. Fermentation is conducted with careful temperature control to preserve freshness and to extract refined tannin. The wine then sees élevage in oak barrels, the wood used to frame rather than overwhelm the fruit, leaving gentle spice and vanilla notes.
95/100 Points
Decanter
"Really fragrant, you can smell the Petit Verdot with milk chocolate and blackcurrant aromas - open, fresh, appealing, perfumed, generous and lifted. Clean and pure on the palate with a lovely delicacy of flavour and freshness. Black fruit has concentration but this keeps a sleek, focussed frame - so balanced, moreish and perfectly weighted in the mouth. Juicy, chewy, spiced - complete and long and leaves you wanting more. A complex and mouthwateringly fresh Margaux with tang and style."
94/100 Points
Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com, May 2023
"The intensity of the violet-edged colour extraction is pretty remarkable in the Médoc, and this manages to get the balance right between intensity and appeal, alongside vibrant raspberry, brushed damson and bilberry fruit, given lift by pomegranate and and passion fruit, and a curl of smoked earth. One to look out for, should be great value. 35% amphoras, 65% barrels for ageing."
Tasting Notes:
The texture is silky and the progression through the palate is confident. Flavours shift and reveal themselves like chapters in a well told story, each sip offering something slightly different. The finish is long and coaxing with dark chocolate, a flinty mineral reminder of Margaux terroir and a final echo of aniseed that lingers in a most agreeable way.
Food Matches: Game / Beef / Lamb / Venison
