Château Angludet: Tasting & Drinking
The wines of Château Angludet are not ones that tend to garner high praise, from some quarters at least. These are classically styled wines, not opulent or seductive, rather they are firm, only yielding with time, and eventually giving in some cases a mature, admirable, spicy style, in others remaining very rigid, sinewy and taut. They are wines that can give much pleasure to those who know what to expect, and who know their own preferences. They can develop a rounded and substantial presence with the right amount of age, in the right vintage.
Early encounters with mature and maturing vintages, such as the 1982, the 1983, the 1988 and the 1989 performed in this manner, and I have since had the pleasure of watching the 1996 take on a similar, full and pleasing character with time. In more recent times there have been even more impressive vintages, the first being 2010, which was a super vintage for the Margaux appellation across the board. After that, 2009 and 2016 would undoubtedly be my top choices for putting away in the cellar. Expect the wines to demonstrate slow progress to maturity and a long drinking window, as we should expect of a classed-growth pretender. (24/4/07, updated 26/10/17)
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