L`Evangile 2006
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L`Evangile 2006
HED6409
75 cl
14%
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Château l’Évangile is one of the oldest properties in Pomerol with a history stretching back as far as 1741. Its rise to prominence was in large part to the efforts of the Ducasse family, who owned the estate up until 1999 when it was sold to the owners of Château Lafite-Rothschild. In the last decade, the consistency and quality of this estate has dramatically increased and is now producing some of the finest wines in its illustrious history.
The 2006 is a wonderfully underrated vintage in which the top producers made some excellent, earlier-drinking wines and this is certainly true of L’Évangile. A blend of 86% Merlot and 14% Cabernet Franc, it is lush, concentrated and supremely well-balanced. Drink now or continue to cellar for another 10 years.
92 Vinous
Bright ruby-red. Reduced, wild nose offers black raspberry, graphite, tobacco and dried flowers. Sweet, dense and deep, with a lush texture for the year and a chocolatey ripeness to the flavors of leather, game and cedar. For such a pliant, sexy Pomerol, this has lovely verve and backbone.Stephen Tanzer1st May 2009
18 Jancis Robinson
The first vintage vinified in the new cuvier was 2004. Having 26 cuves allows them to vinify separately the 26 individual parcels that make up the 14 ha estate. Yields were pretty low at 33 hl/ha, after green harvesting. Gentle vinification – remontage (pumping over) thrice daily but never délestage (rack and return). At harvest the grapes showed the same potential as in 2005 in terms of sugar level and tannic maturity. The rain was the starter pistol for the harvest. Total maceration 27 days. 86% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon 50% new oak.Excellent dark crimson. Fully ripe tarry nose – very mineral indeed. Exciting. Great richness. Rich purple fruit nose. Very round and opulent – maybe not the most concentrated but lovely open charm – very round, one of roundest wines I’ve tasted among 2006s. Very creamy and round. Lovely wine even now! Just enough acidity rather than too much (so common elsewhere). Very long but not for long keeping. Very at ease. Not desperately concentrated. None of the dry rasping tannins on the finish. (JR)
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