{"product_id":"chateau-angelus-1972","title":"Chateau Angelus Saint-Emilion 1972 AOC 0,75l","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe estate is named for a plot where the bells of three churches — Saint-Émilion, Saint-Martin de Mazerat and the chapel of Mazerat — could all be heard ringing the Angelus at once. The de Boüard de Laforest family have farmed this south-facing slope below the limestone plateau since 1909.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBe clear about the year.\u003c\/strong\u003e 1972 was a cold, late and difficult vintage in Bordeaux, and no honest merchant will tell you otherwise. Nobody buys a 1972 for what is in the glass. What it is worth is the date on the label, and if that is the year that matters to the person receiving it, then this at least is a proper Grand Cru Classé estate from the Right Bank rather than a nameless bottle found to fill a gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngélus in 1972 was decades away from the fame it found in the 1990s, which is precisely why a bottle from a weak year still exists at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Château Angélus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1972\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Saint-Émilion AOC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75cl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bordeaux, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it is likely to be now.\u003c\/strong\u003e 1972 was a weak vintage and at fifty-four years the wine will be pale and thin; this is a collectible dated bottle rather than one to build a dinner around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it suits.\u003c\/strong\u003e For a fifty-fourth birthday, or someone married in 1972 — the year is the whole point, and Angélus is the most distinguished label that year can offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition.\u003c\/strong\u003e Held as good condition, which here means an intact label, a sound capsule and a normal fill for a bottle of fifty-four years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bought to order from a professional European merchant. We check fill, label and capsule when the bottle reaches us and photograph it before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivered in 7 to 10 working days, tracked. Transit cover can be added at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold as a collectible item, as seen. No guarantee is given on drinkability.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--anno-tpl-3--\u003e","brand":"Château Angélus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58326651863384,"sku":"ANNO-000403","price":475.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/6505\/6856\/files\/Chateau-Angelus-Saint-Emilion-1972-AOC-075l.jpg?v=1790689474","url":"https:\/\/anno.wine\/products\/chateau-angelus-1972","provider":"ANNO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}