Wine Enthusiast: The wine has some weight and an attractive meat and smoke character to go with the black berry fruits. Well balanced, shot through with acidity. R.V.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 reveals supple tannins along with delicious, up-front smoky barbecue notes intermixed with black cherry and black currant fruit. This medium-bodied, silky 2008 is ide...

John Sweeney: 92% merlot and 8% cabernet franc. Situated in Lugon, near Fronsac; owned by the dynamic Jean-Philippe Janoueix (of La Confession and La Croix St. Georges). A 55-hectare proper...

Wine Spectator: Slightly stewed, but with good berry and herb character. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a fruity finish. Comes clean on the palate. Delicious. Best after 2007. 1,665 case...

James Suckling: Attractive second wine of Angelus with lemon rind, cocoa and dried fruits. Medium body, with fine tannins and a pretty finish.

About this Wine: "Produced by Bellevue, the is an excellent Bordeaux Blend. From the St Emilion Bordeaux area of France, this Bordeaux Blend features a Dry taste and Red color."

Wine Enthusiast: Very perfumed in character, the wine has bright red cherry fruits with some weight and structure. There are good tannins and a warm, soft aftertaste. The wine could age anothe...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright straw. White stone fruits and flowers on the nose and palate. Displays lively acid lift for such a hot hear, with the zesty, persistent finish featuring a lingering n...

Wine Enthusiast: Made by the winemaking team at Cos d'Estournel, this is a very soft, generous wine that burst with fruit in the mouth. The structure is easy, gently tannic but not more. The p...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: This wine is light to medium-bodied, with sweet currant and smoke-infused flavors and some oak in the background, but plenty of red fruits, vanilla, and dried herbs. This is a...

Wine Enthusiast: A bright, but austere wine which is relatively light for the vintage. But there are red fruits and fresh flavors which suggest the wine will develop quickly. - R.V.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The second wine, the 2009 Le Clementin du Pape Clement, is made from a similar blend. It is more loosely put together with sweet tannin and lots of red and black fruits interm...

Wine Spectator: A very pretty red for current drinking. Ruby-colored center, and a brick-red edge. Plenty of berry and chocolate aromas. Medium-bodied, with fine, silky tannins and a long, ri...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Saturated bright ruby. Aromas of crushed blackberry, licorice, meat and spicy, nutty oak, with a violet topnote providing lift. Sweet and quite primary, with roasted dark berr...

About this Wine: 0.40 ha of vine planted in 1962...

About this Wine: Surrounded by Bātard-Montrachet and lying alongside the old road known as the "chemin de Couches", the "Vide Bourse" climat was only classed comparatively recently (1974) ...

Burghound: A very fresh nose speaks clearly of pungent Gevrey style earth with a mix of upper and lower register aromas of red and dark berry fruits and underbrush hints that carry over ...

Wine Spectator: Marked by tangy nectarine and tangerine flavors, with a touch of green apple and pineapple, this is crisp, flinty and intense, with a long, cleansing, leesy finish. Drink now ...

Wine Enthusiast: Very soft, this offers generous white fruits, with a rounded, open structure. It rolls around the mouth, opulent and full. This is very typical of Simmonet-Febvre's Vaillons, ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Medium red. Sexy aromas of spicy red fruits, flowers and herbs. Nicely ripe, supple and accessible, with a creamy texture and good breadth for village wine. Firm acids give sh...