Best of Bordeaux. Rolf Bichsel

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       Saint-Emilion

       Facts & figures: Vineyard area: 39 hectares I Production:

       100,000 bottles I Top vintages: 1989, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2000,

       2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 I Price: from €250 I Second

       wine: Le Carillon

       Château Angélus

       F-33330 Saint-Emilion | Tel. +33 (0)557 24 71 39

       [email protected] | www.chateau-angelus.com

       Château Angélus

       Premier Grand Cru Classé A since 2012

       ‘The first Saint-Emilion of my career

       was the life's work of a winemaker as

       ambitious as he is talented!'

       Modernism with depth

       The de Boüard family has lived in Bordeaux since the mid-16th century and in

       Saint-Emilion since the late 18th century. They began producing wine in the early

       1900s under the direction of Maurice de Boüard de Laforest, who acquired a vine-

      yard named l'Angélus. This name refers to the fact that this is where the bells of

       three local chapels and churches can be heard: the bell became the symbol of the

       estate that would develop over future generations. Its real success story began in

       the mid-1980s with Hubert de Boüard and his cousin Jean-Bernard Grenié: trained

       oenologist Hubert revolutionised winemaking, developed a better understanding

       of his soils, introduced innovative methods of working the vines, and became a

       proponent of the Cabernet Franc grape variety which grows particularly well at the

       foot of the Saint-Emilion limestone plateau. Thanks to his commitment, Angélus –

       now the centre of a miniature wine empire also including the chateaus of La Fleur

       de Boüard in Lalande de Pomerol and Bellevue in Saint Emilion – has reached the

       lofty heights of a Premier Cru A. Hubert de Boüard also works as a wine consultant.

       The term ‘modernist' alone does not do Angélus

       justice. Vintages such as 1989, 1990 and 1995 were

       produced under this dictate, with extract and oak

       notes taking precedence over elegance and charm.

       However, the dominant oak began to disappear

       from around the 2000 vintage onwards with An-

      gélus gaining freshness, depth and floral character.

       The chateau now bottles top wines year after year

       with almost alarming regularity. More recent An-

      gélus wines are best drunk after 8 to 12 years at the

       earliest, and will easily keep for 20 to 30.

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       Margaux

       Facts & figures:

       Vineyard area: 32 hectares | Production: 150,000 bottles

       Top vintages: 1990, 1996, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

       Price: from €30 I Second wine: Réserve de Chateau Angludet

       Château Angludet

       F-33460 Cantenac | Tel. +33 (0)557 88 71 41

       [email protected] | www.chateau-angludet.fr

       Château Angludet

       Unclassified (Cru Bourgeois)

       ‘A wine for the patient; unbeatable value

       for money, one of my absolute favourite

       Margaux!'

       Stylish classic

       This discreet top estate, sometimes known as d'Angludet, stands alongside famous

       Margaux estates such as Palmer, Brane-Cantenac and Giscours. The facade of the

       chateau dates from the 12th century, making Angludet one of the oldest estates

       on the wine peninsula. In the mid-18th century, four smallholdings (‘métairies')

       in what is now Margaux were owned by members of the nobility: three belonged

       to Pierre d'Aulède de Lestonnac, owner of La Mothe (later Château Margaux), and

       the fourth was owned by Demons d'Angludet. The ‘plot plan' has remained virtu-

      ally unchanged since 1758. The estate was divided up in 1791 and only regained

       its former size in 1891; consequently, despite its long history and the quality of its

       soils, Angludet was not part of the 1855 classification. It was hit particularly hard by

       phylloxera, world wars and the depression: when the famed Sichel wine merchant

       family purchased the estate in 1961, only around seven hectares of planted vines

       remained. Since 1989 the estate has been run by Benjamin Sichel, who with his

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