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L'Evangile 2015

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > Pomerol
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyMerlot/Cabernet Franc

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Tasting Notes

Stunning aromas of blackberries, black olives, brown sugar and dried flowers. Tar. Full-bodied, dense and layered. Superfine tannins, yet this is muscular and long. An amazing wine reminiscent of the great L’Evangiles of the 1950s. Straight track. Goes on and on. Truly great wine. Try in 2024. Just a baby.

100
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, February 2018

In the running for the most opulent, sensationally textured, massive wine in the vintage is the 2015 L'Evangile and if tasting this beauty doesn’t make your heart rate increase, I don’t know what will. Made from 84% Merlot and 16% Cabernet Franc brought up in plenty of new oak, its ruby/plum color is followed by an awesome bouquet of blackberry jam, smoked meats, licorice, truffle, and hints of chocolate. Thick, opulent, super ripe, and decadent, with a full-bodied mouthfeel that needs to be tasted to be believed, it still stays balanced and fresh on the palate and is already impossible to resist. It’s going to keep for 3+ decades. This is one of those wines I wish every reader could taste! 2018 - 2048

99
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com, November 2017

The 2015 L'Evangile has a fragrant bouquet with blackberry, raspberry coulis, cedar, truffle, and lovely Pomerol traits coming through. The palate is well balanced with succulent red berry fruit, smooth in texture with sweet vanilla-y new oak toward the finish that will require a couple of years to fully subsume. This is a fine Pomerol but it does not match my note from 12 months previously. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.

93
Neal Martin, vinous.com, July 2019

L’Evangile in 2015 is a blend of 16% Cabernet Franc and 84% Merlot, aged in 80% new oak. It was a hot vintage and difficult to manage the potential shriveling of the berries but the Cabernet Franc, which this year is one of the highest percentages ever, helped to give freshness. It has a deep garnet color and skips out of the glass with energetic notes of fruitcake, blackberry preserves, star anise, and potpourri, plus wafts of cedar, wood smoke, and incense. Full-bodied, the palate is packed with rich, perfumed black fruit preserves, with soft acidity and framed by chewy oak tannins, finishing long and earthy.

95
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent, November 2022

Tasted blind. Dark, blackish crimson. Heady and complete on the nose – lots of pleasure! Very sweet start – almost too much. And there’s no shortage of alcohol. But it certainly delivers. Very intense.
Drink 2023-2036

17
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, February 2019

Consistently one of the finest and most seductive wines of Pomerol, made by the winemaking team of Chateau Lafite. 20% of the fruit is relegated to the second label Blason de l'Evangile. The 2015 is 84% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Franc. Inky colour, with a dense nose of charred oak, graphite and black cherry fruit. A smoky overlay of opulent vanilla and cream gives way to succulent cherry fruit. This is structured in tannin but sweet and toasty with French oak too. Controlled power gives superb balance of freshness with all the ripe cherry fruit. A stunning Evangile!

96
Farr Vintners, March 2016

Rich, powerful and densely constructed, this is a super-charged Pomerol with plush,
voluptuous fruit flavours, lots of toasty new oak, good concentration and a hint of figgy overripeness.
The Cabernet Franc adds some much-needed freshness here. Drink: 2022-32

94
Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com, April 2016

Incredible aromatics greet the nose, expanding and enveloping the senses. This is a fabulously sexy scent, pungent and overwhelming. The amazing seduction continues on the palate with a billowing, smooth, creamy texture. This is a stunningly fruit-driven wine and with smaller berries harvested this year there is great concentration, too. This is a truly great vintage for Evangile and even though the fruit is so lush the tannins are incredibly long and fine. Red-fruit-themed and beautifully precise, this is a stunner. Along with 2001, 2009, 2010 and this wine this is a classic Evangile and it is on the richer side of the curve.

19+
Matthew Jukes, Matthew Jukes' Blog, April 2016
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The 2015 L'Evangile is composed of 84% Merlot and 16% Cabernet Franc and was matured for 18 months in new oak barrels from Tonnellerie des Domaines (their own cooperage). Deep garnet-purple in color, it absolutely leaps from the glass with complex, gregarious notes of blackberry pie, plum preserves, smoked meats/charcuterie, mocha and licorice plus suggestions of cloves, black soil and unsmoked cigars. Full-bodied, rich, opulent and jaw-droppingly sexy, it has beautifully plush yet firm tannins with a lively backbone and a very long, spicy finish. 2021 - 2043

97+
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (Interim Fe), February 2018

The 2015 L'Evangile has a very seductive bouquet with ripe red cherries, boysenberry, hints of black truffle and iodine. I love the sheer seductiveness of this wine, which wants to drag you into bed (after enough bottle age). The palate is medium-bodied with a veneer of creamy oak, underneath which lay layers of pure red fruit laced with white pepper, touches of cumin and truffle. This will require several years to fully integrate the oak which is more prominent than its Pomerol peers, but the structure and freshness will see this age with panache and style. Anticipated maturity: 2025 - 2050.

96
Neal Martin, March 2018

The 2015 L'Evangile is a blend of 84% Merlot and 16% Cabernet Franc picked between September 15 and October 5, and September 29 to October 5 respectively. Matured almost in 100% new oak, it has a very pure and charming bouquet, the Merlot dominant and slightly shrouding the Cabernet Franc at the moment. It is worth staying with this Pomerol, because it does change after four to five minutes in the glass, revealing touches of truffle and iodine. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, well-judged acidity, understated on the entry but gaining momentum in the glass, retaining a wonderful sense of symmetry and finishing with precision and class. This could well be the pick of the wines from the Domaines Barons Rothschild stable in 2015 and kudos to winemaker Jean-Pascal Vazart. Drink 2025-2055.

96/98
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (224), April 2016

What a wine here. It is so traditional and powerful with super depth of fruit and chewy tannins. Full body, incredible concentration and length. It’s so muscular and powerful. So minerally and nutty (walnuts). Marvelous.

99/100
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, March 2016

Extremely dark crimson. Floral, opulent nose. Something quite masculine and leathery - animal? - on the nose. Lots of intensity and sweetness. Almost chocolatey! Tannins not quite integrated yet, but they are quite sandpapery. A little bit of heat on the end. A wine that takes you to the limit of sweetness. 14.8%
Drink 2022-2035

17.5
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2016
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