- Red Still
- 75.0cl
- 12.5%
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Château Angludet is a long-established Margaux estate known for its consistent quality and classic, finely structured style. Since taking over in 1989, Benjamin Sichel has focused on encouraging the natural balance of the vines, favouring thoughtful vineyard work and minimal interference.
The 2021 Bordeaux vintage was cooler and more challenging than recent years, with frost and a damp summer demanding careful management. The result is a fresher, more restrained style, with lower alcohol, bright acidity and a return to a more classical, elegant expression of Margaux.
- ❖ ABV: 12.5%
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Vintage report
The 2021 growing season in Bordeaux delivered one of those vintages that separates the wheat from the chaff. Spring frost in April walloped many vineyards, particularly on the Right Bank, slashing potential yields before the season properly began. A sodden start gave way to a blistering summer that pushed ripening forward, then September rains arrived just as harvest decisions loomed. The producers who survived the frost and timed their picking with surgical precision crafted wines of real character, whilst others found themselves wrestling with dilution or struggling with reduced volumes.
What emerged from this gauntlet is a vintage of surprising charm, though decidedly not a blockbuster year. The Merlot-based Right Bank wines show particular finesse where frost damage was minimal, with a silky texture that makes them uncommonly approachable young. Left Bank Cabernet Sauvignon fared better through the challenging weather, producing wines with good structure but less of the power you might expect from recent years. We find ourselves reaching for these 2021s now rather than cellaring them for decades—they're drinking beautifully with a few years on them and should hit their stride over the next decade.
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