Château Angélus, until 1990 known as Château L'Angélus, or simply L'Angélus, is a Bordeaux wine

Bordeaux wine

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 from the appellation

Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée

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 Saint-Émilion

Saint-Émilion AOC

Saint-Émilion is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée for wine in the Bordeaux wine region of France, where it is situated in the Libourne subregion on the right bank of the Dordogne...

, ranked Premier grand cru classé B in the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine

Classification of Saint-Émilion wine

In 1955 the wines of Saint-Émilion in the wine-growing region of Bordeaux were classified. Unlike the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 covering wines from the Medoc and Graves regions, the Saint-Émilion list is updated every 10 years or so. Following the initial classification, the...

. The winery

Winery

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 is located on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux wine region, in the commune of Saint-Émilion in the department Gironde

Gironde

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The château also produces a second wine

Second wine

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 named Carillon d’Angélus.

History

The estate has been owned by the Boüard de Laforest family since the Domaine de Mazaret was bequeathed to Comte Maurice de Boüard de Laforest in 1909, and expanded by the acquisition of Clos de L'Angélus in 1926 and a plot from Château Beau-Séjour Bécot

Château Beau-Séjour Bécot

Château Beau-Séjour Bécot, formerly Château Beauséjour-Dr-Fagouet, is a Bordeaux wine from the appellation Saint-Émilion, ranked Premier grand cru classé B in the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine...

 in 1969. The name refers to the three Angelus bells audible from the vineyards, coming from the chapel at Mazerat, the church in Saint-Martin de Mazeret and Saint-Émilion.
Hubert de Boüard de Laforest joined the family business at Angélus in 1976 having concluded studies under Émile Peynaud at the Faculté d'Oenologie in Bordeaux. Along with several modernising changes, the practice of maturing in new oak was begun in 1980. The estate has been classified as a Premier grand cru cru classé B since 1996, and was previously classified as Grand cru classé.

Angélus is currently managed by Hubert de Boüard, with the consultancy of the oenologist Michel Rolland

Michel Rolland

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Production

The estate consists of 23.4 hectares with a grape variety of 51% Merlot

Merlot

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, 47% Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc

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 and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon

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. The annual production averages 10,000 cases of the Grand vin and 1,000 cases of the second wine.

External links

• Château Angélus official site