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Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page.
Relief exaggerated ×5 · elevation 25 to 80 m · average slope 3°
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Footprint, parcels and their split are measured on the Compagnie Médocaine’s own parcel survey; elevation, slope and aspect on the Mapbox terrain-rgb digital terrain model, derived from IGN’s RGE ALTI over France. Compare with the blend on the technical sheet, at the top of the page: the two answer different questions.
Raised to the rank of Premier Grand Cru Classé and recognised worldwide as one of the jewels of Saint-Emilion, Château Angélus expresses a family's whole commitment to bringing out the essence of a terroir.
At Château Angélus the vineyard lies in a natural amphitheatre, on the slope and lower slope on the southern side of Saint-Emilion, which concentrates warm summer temperatures and advances ripening. The soil is naturally drained by the gradient. The good balance between clay and limestone ensures a steady supply of water and minerals. The clay content, measured at between 8 and 20%, makes these soils warm and early-ripening. The rootstocks are perfectly suited to the terroir and the grape varieties are distributed according to the soils: Merlot on the slope (more clayey) and Cabernet Franc on the sandy clay-limestone soils of the lower slope.
Alcohol, yield and vine age are those of the 2025 vintage; they vary from year to year. Only the area above stays stable from one vintage to the next.
| Vintage | Best score | Vintage character | Technical sheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | A dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness. | fiche · PDF |
| 2024 | — | A difficult flowering and a wet summer reduced the harvest: light, aromatic wines, to be drunk early. | fiche · PDF |
| 2022 | — | The extreme drought was absorbed by the clays: a sun-driven concentration, but without the expected harshness. | fiche · PDF |
| 2014 | — | The Indian summer served the cabernet francs better than the merlots: sound, fresh wines, without great depth. | fiche · PDF |
| 2013 | — | Coulure decimated the merlots and the rain did the rest: a light vintage, where the gap between terroirs is wider than usual. | fiche · PDF |
| 2012 | — | Merlots brought in just before the rain made for a vintage markedly more successful than on the Left Bank. | fiche · PDF |
| 2011 | — | A warm spring followed by a wet summer gave classic wines, best drunk relatively young. | fiche · PDF |
| 2010 | — | The dry summer and cool nights gave dense, tannic wines of extraordinary ageing potential — the exact opposite of 2009. | fiche · PDF |
| 2009 | — | An ideal sun-drenched season carried the style of seduction to its peak: sumptuous, fleshy wines, immediately accessible. | fiche · PDF |
| 2008 | — | A luminous back end to the season redeemed the vintage: fine fruit and delicate balance, from very small yields. | fiche · PDF |
| 2007 | — | A cool, wet summer gave light, silky wines, with a short ageing potential. | fiche · PDF |
| 2006 | — | A wet August diluted the merlots: straightforward, restrained wines, less expressive than on the Left Bank. | fiche · PDF |
| 2005 | — | A drought that never stalled ripening gave opulent, perfectly structured merlots: a legendary vintage. | fiche · PDF |
| 2004 | — | High yields and a dry back end to the season gave an honest, straightforward vintage, unremarkable but flawless. | fiche · PDF |
| 2003 | — | The heatwave pushed the merlots into overripeness: rich, jammy wines, fresher on the clays of Pomerol. | fiche · PDF |
“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.
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Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.
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