Parker writes on Lascombes 2005,' A gorgeous example of Lascombes, 2005, a blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, continues the remarkable turn-around in quality that began five years ago. A stunningly opulent wine with dense purple colour, 2005 possesses a beautiful perfume of spring flowers, blueberries, blackberries, creosote, and graphite, whole body, silky but noticeable tannins, a layered mouthfeel, and a stunning, 45+-second finish. This(sic, 2005) is a brilliant, modern-styled Margaux that should age 30-35 years.' He accorded 95 Points.
The team finds Robert Parker expresses well but probably missed the violet, fragrances, and associated nuances. the 2005 is above 2012 and 2011 we tasted earlier.
Updated: Jul 28, 2022
This 2000 is a more extensive wine for the class with a tremendous mid-palate impression of medium purple with a tight garnet rim—also, the fragrant perfume of flowers, black cherry jam, liquorice, and barbecue spice. Elegant, velvety-textured, medium-bodied, charming, and expansive, this 2000 is an outstanding value for the vintage and is ripe and sweet with fine structure and length. Perfumy and classy 'spa' nose, with the 'rancio' of blackberry, plum fruit, smoke and wood. Red fruits(strawberries and cherries) on the palate. Fresher and riper than its 2002 and 2003this 2000 finishes nicely with medium length, dry finish with balanced fruit and wood; the suitable alcohol; tamed, dense tannins; slowly evolving with discreet charm. This claret has the structure of a classified growth at a great price, Scores as folows should have been even better: RP92; JQM awards 90; we would also accord 92.
90-92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
First tasted in February 2002. A beautiful nose of blackcurrants, lemongrass and cherry. Great definition. The palate is classy, and poised, with well-integrated toasty oak. Very smooth tannins. Pure Cabernet Sauvignon that slips down the throat. The best d' Angludet that I have encountered! Tasted two years later, still a marvellous wine with an elegant nose of blackcurrants and oyster shells. Still a great definition. Well-balanced on the palate but more coarse than a couple of years ago, there is excellent depth and concentration. Still in its primary stage. (NM) (2/2004). Edited by our Staff Writer.
No scores were awarded by Wine Enthusiast, who writes, ' Attractive, fresh flavours with ripe, red fruits make this wine very forward and immediate...the ripe fruit and delicate perfumes will make it beautifully drinkable in five years. (RV) (6/2003). Also, no scores from Wine Spectator, who records, 'Fresh herb and berry character, with a medium body, medium tannins and a silky finish. It needs time to come around. Best after 2007. (JS) (3/2003). Edited by our Stadff Writer.
In a recent Olympian type of tasting, five seasoned wine tasters scored 2003 Angludet 3rd(weighted average score 88.68), beating a host of better knowns such as Boyd Cantenac, Cantenac Brown, Siran, La Gurgue, Dauzac, Ferriere, Marquis de Terme, Monbrison, Marjolla and others. The 2003 Angludent loses marginally to Durfort Viviens(87.15) and du Tertre(87.08). Thus this 2000 vintage may have scored the same or even better should the tasting repeat.
2000 is a good vintage for this Cru -like Margaux. Neighbouring vineyards are prestigious: Giscours, Brane-Cantenac, Kirwan. On pebbly stones on which no grass growth is possible. One of our first bottles of fine claret 30 years back.
Every true wine connoisseur is attracted to Chateau Gloria for that little 'unclassified' and 'mysterious' temperament. And Chateau Gloria's excellent quality, which may have exceeded the more prestigious classed growths in St. Julien, attracted some even more learned. Then, of course, this 2001 age-worthy claret shows rare elegance from Gloria- a new rendition whose classy cassis notes and a secondary bouquet of pencil shavings, herbs and cigar box on the nose, hinting also fine, tertiary tones of barnyard, liquorice, rancio, tobacco. Loaded with Asian spices and black pepper that gained consistent support despite age, the palate parallels the nose and has significantly rounded off its tannins, tasting soft and well-balanced,
Owner Henri Martin, a cooper by upbringing, took over the property in 1942 and began purchasing plots of vineyards from classed growth properties such as Gruaud-Larose, Talbot, Lagrange and Léoville-Barton. By the mid-1960s, he had 50 hectares spread across the appellation. In 1982 he purchased Château St-Pierre and thus realized his lifetime ambition of owning a Grand Cru Classé property. Henri Martin died in 1991, and Gloria is now run by his son-in-law Jean-Louis Triaud. The wine is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25%Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. It aged in a combination of large oak foudres and small oak barrels (50% new). The vines are ancient.
