Chateau Angelus

Chateau Angelus is located on a small road leading from the parking lot at Maison du Vin in Saint-Emilion to Chateau Canon. The Chateau Angelus vineyard is a collection of various plots of land brought together by the Bouard de Laforest family, one of the oldest in Saint-Emilion, and has existed in its current form since the late 1970s. The owners of the winery are representatives of the fourth generation of the Bouard de Laforest family - cousins Hubert de Bouard de Laforest and Jean-Bernard Grenier. In the 1980s, the famous oenologist Michel Rolland was brought in as a consultant. He insisted that all the wine on the estate be aged in small oak barrels; up until then, Chateau Angelus had not known about any aging in oak at all. Since then, Chateau Angelus wines have been aged for 18-22 months in 100% new oak barrels. Malolactic fermentation takes place in small oak barrels, something that only small estates with significant resources can afford. The results of this innovation were so astonishing that in 1996, Chateau Angelus achieved an upgrade to Premier Grand Cru status.