Hubert de Boüard de Laforest joined the family business at Angélus in 1976 having concluded studies under Émile Peynaud at the Faculté d'Oenologie in Bordeaux. Along with several modernising changes, the practice of maturing in new oak was begun in 1980. The estate has been classified as a "Premier grand cru cru classé (A)" since 2012, was previously a "Premier grand cru cru classé (B)" since 1996, and was before that classified as "Grand cru classé". But according to research of journalist Isabelle Saporta, Hubert de Boüard is judge and jury in the preparation of the classification.