It's not an everyday event that a new wine is introduced by a major Bordeaux producer. Last Friday, Château Angélus unveiled its new creation: Hommage à Elisabeth Bouchet (A Tribute to Elisabeth Bouchet) 2016. Behind the wine is a rather beautiful love story in the family.
Elisabeth Bouchet was the great-grandmother of Stéphanie de Boüard-Rivoal, current CEO of Chateau Angélus, co-owner of the property with her father Hubert de Boüard de Laforest. Stephanie’s great-grandfather, Maurice de Boüard de Laforest, planted Cabernet Franc grapes extensively on his property in honor of his beloved Elisabeth Bouchet. Bouchet, as it turns out, is well-known on the Right Bank as the other name used to call Cabernet Franc, a well planted grape varietal in Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. It is the Right Bank's equivalent of the Left Bank's Cabernet Sauvignon, which gives wine its bones and structure.
Maurice left behind two small parcels on the Angélus property exclusively