2022 Château Angludet, Margaux, Bordeaux

The 2022 Angludet is deep garnet-purple in color. It has a very pretty, open-knit perfume of roses, kirsch, and black raspberries, leading to a classic core of cassis and pencil lead. The medium-bodied palate is soft and plush, with plenty of red and black berry flavors on offer and a refreshing finish. This is nice!Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent (May 2023)

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, focused 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. One to look out for! 3.8pH. A yield of 26hl/ha. Ageing 12 months; 30% amphora, 70% French oak (30% new). The first time in Angludet history that the blend has been finalised before ageing.Drink 2025 - 2045Georgina Hindle, Decanter.com (April 2023)

The Bordelais machine has already begun to alienate potential consumers with exaggerated claims to the effect that 2022 is "the best vintage ever"; yet there are some wines that do actually appear to merit such hyperbole, and the 2022 D'Angludet is one of them. Offering up deep aromas of inky cassis, plums, pencil lead and subtle spices, it's medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy, with a broad attack, ripe acids and a supple, seamless profile, concluding with an expansive finish. William Kelley, Wine Advocate (April 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. jane_anson_mw, janeanson_com (April 2023)