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L'Évangile (Ex-Château 2022) 2012 150cl

AOC | Pomerol | Bordeaux | France
CHF 475.65
Critics scores
18 Rene Gabriel
93 % Merlot, 7 % Cabernet Franc. 31 hl/ha. 45'000 Flaschen. Extrem dunkles Purpur mit lila und violetten Reflexen. Florales Bouquet, wunderschöne Schokonoten, dunkles Holz, Malzspuren und Schwarztee. Im Gaumen mit veloursartiger Textur, traumhafte Balance, die Tannine sind erstaunlich fein (für mich feiner als den Cheval den ich acht Minuten vorher im Gaumen hatte!), erhabenes Finale, im Nachklang spürt man die zartbittere Rasse der Gerbstoffe auf der Zunge, endet mit Darjeeling und Lakritze. Spannendes Potential. Aber nichts für Jungtrinker. Als Jean-Pascal Vazart den Alkoholgehalt verkündete rieb ich ungläubig die Augen. 14.4 Volumenprozent. Das hatte man beim Verkosten ganz und gar nicht gemerkt.
94 Robert Parker
This dark ruby/plum Pomerol offers up sweet black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, velvety tannin, medium to full body, and a nice lushness and silkiness. A beauty with great fragrance and suppleness, it’s not enormously endowed, as a great vintage would be, but it is certainly an outstanding wine and a brilliant effort from ’Evangile in 2012. Drink it over the next 15 years.
94 Wine Spectator
A dense, dark, woodsy style, with loads of tobacco, charcoal and tar holding sway over steeped plum, black currant and Black Mission fig flavors. Shows a serious graphite bolt on the finish, along with a tug of dark earth. A rather powerful rendition of Pomerol that will need some time to stretch out fully. Best from 2018 through 2032. 3,000 cases made. — JM
92 Vinous
(93% merlot and 7% cabernet franc; 31 h/h; 73% grand vin): Very deep purple-ruby. Intense aromas of cassis, plum, bay leaf, minerals and aromatic herbs. Beautiful silky texture on entry, then wonderfully supple in the middle, with the blueberry and blackcurrant syrup flavors lingering impressively on the back end. Finishes with rising but smooth tannins and a trace of heat, but this is an extremely successful wine. The very old cabernet franc vines (now 46 years old) ripened well while all the young vines went into the second wine, Blason d'Evangile, which is sold to just three clients and therefore is no longer shown at the Primeurs.
Producer
Château L'Évangile
The esteemed Château L’Évangile produces an impressively deep, structured and powerful example of Pomerol wine. Located on the southeast corner of the Pomerol plateau, the estate’s 22-hectares of vineyards are planted amongst the rarest gravelly topped sandy clay soils. With a history dating back to the mid-1700s, the château is one of the oldest vineyards in the appellation. Passing through the hands of several owners, L’Évangile is currently under the ownership of the Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite). The Rothschild family acquired the winery in 1990 from the Ducasse family, and has promised to preserve L’Évangile’s superior reputation. Over the past couple decades, the family has increased efforts in the vineyard’s management, and completed a thorough renovation of the château’s vat room and cellar. Under the Rothschild family’s leadership, the château has also created a second wine, Blason de L'Évangile which is an approachable red made in a similar character as the Grand Vin. While, Château L'Évangile the Grand Vin is traditionally vinified, it shows a dense and sturdy base of tannins with evident oak that is harmoniously integrated.