Château L'Evangile

Château L'Evangile, Pomerol, 2009

Name: Château L'Evangile, Pomerol
Brand: Château L'Evangile
Price: 4127.84 GBP

96/100

Inside Bordeaux

100/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Vinous

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2009
12x75cl
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£4,127.84

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Since Evangile has been under the Baron Rothschild umbrella, this has regularly featured as one of our top Pomerols and even featured in our top wines of the vintage selections. The terroir is exceptional, situated between Cheval Blanc and Petrus and we are glad to report that they are again pressing all the right buttons. The 2009 is produced from 95% Merlot and just 5% Cabernet Franc, this is probably less flamboyant than the 2008 at this early stage, with a reserved, grown up nose, which is focussed, with brooding aromas of liquorice, molten rocks, deep black fruits and liquid minerals. The palate is awash with sumptuous purple fruits, chocolate plums and cherries. It is both decadent and very focused with restrained power, polished tannins, smooth, velvety texture and wonderful length of flavour. An immaculately made, multidimensional Evangile that will stand the test of time.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

96/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Smoky, grilled black cherry, enticing and confident, with ripened blackberry and raspberry fruits, pomegranate, cherry pit, white peach, sage and fennel, wrapped up in waves of smoked earth and cocoa bean. An exuberant vintage of L'Evangile, deceptively open, but will continue to age.

drinking window 2025 - 2042

date of review 10/2024

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2009 L'Évangile was found oxidized and not reviewed. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 2009 Bordeaux tasting.

date of review 03/2019

100/100

Robert Parker,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

An astonishing effort from the Rothschild family, the 2009 lEvangile may be the reference point offering from this estate for decades to come. A blend of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc aged in 100% new oak, with 15% natural alcohol, it exhibits a sumptuous bouquet of caramels, black raspberry liqueur, blackberries, violets, graphite and truffles. Thick, viscous flavors are reminiscent of such super-ripe vintages as 1982, 1959, 1949 and 1947. The striking aromatics, massive, full-bodied mouthfeel and multilayered palate that resembles a skyscraper in the mouth offer an abject lesson in great winemaking, extraordinary terroir, and the ability to combine power with precision, elegance and freshness. This is unquestionably a huge wine, but it also possesses mindboggling complexity and finesse. Because of its sheer extract and velvety personality, it will be drinkable in 4-5 years, and will keep for four decades or more where well-stored. The most profound LEvangile ever made?

drinking window 2016 - 2056

date of review 02/2012

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Merlot Cabernet Franc

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13%

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.