Château L'Evangile

Château L'Evangile, Pomerol, 2024

Name: Château L'Evangile, Pomerol
Brand: Château L'Evangile
Price: 580 GBP

93/100

Inside Bordeaux

93-95/100

The Wine Independent

93-95/100

Vinous

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all 2005 2008 2009 2012 2016 2018 2021 2022 2023 2024

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En primeur

2024
3x75cl
EP
£290.00
2024
6x75cl
EP
£570.00
2024
3x1.5L
EP
£580.00
2024
1x3L
EP
£425.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

We’ve been really impressed by the progress made at Evangile since Juliette Couderc took over as head winemaker. Lafite’s outpost in Pomerol has always had a great terroir and is now beginning to reach its full potential. Initially a touch shy, with some air, aromas of damsons, blueberries, and black cherries are revealed, nuanced by hints of leaf tea, sandalwood, mocha, eucalyptus, lavender, and violets. Darkly fruited, yet with a delicate saline element. Blue and black fruit vie on the palate, underscored by mineral notes of gravel and graphite, accented by touches of orange rind and violet. The vibrant core has a really pleasing texture with layers of sweet, exotic spice and a deep sense of minerality. This is a very smart Pomerol finishing with finely woven tannins laced with mulberries, cacao, and cedar.

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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.

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Critic Reviews

93-95/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2024 l’Evangile leaps with vibrant notes of kirsch and black raspberries with underlying suggestions of wild thyme, lavender, and mossy tree bark. The medium-bodied palate delivers refreshing red berry and savory flavors with a lively line and a pleasant chewiness to the tannins, finishing with a real skip in its step.

drinking window 2028 - 2045

date of review 05/2025

93-95/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2024 L'Évangile was picked from September 18 to October 2. This has a "cool" bouquet with blackberry and bilberry scents and a little marine influence with a hint of oyster shell. The palate is medium-bodied with expressive Cabernet that imparts subtle graphite and tobacco notes. Again, this is fresh, quite structured, not long and perhaps a little tannic on the finish, but it will flesh out during its élevage in 50% new oak.

drinking window 2029 - 2045

date of review 05/2025

93/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Savoury plum, soft tannins, a touch of chalk, graphite, lovely fragrant florals, and extremely finessed. A wine that will age with grace. In the cellar, this was one of their longest macerations on record, up to 28 days, carefully measured, Harvest 18 September to 2 October, 22hl/h yield. Zero press wine, 45% new oak for ageing, plus 25% in large oak casks, 7% amphora. Juliette Couderc winermaker. Blason de l’Evangile is not being sold En Primeur.

drinking window 2030 - 2044

date of review 04/2025

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Merlot Cabernet Franc

abv:

14.5%

allergen information

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