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2024 Château l'Evangile, Pomerol, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot (80%), Cabernet Franc (19%), Petit Verdot (1%)
Not ready (Drink 2029 - 2046)
Jane Anson
93/100
William Kelley
92-94/100
James Lawther MW
16.5/20
Antonio Galloni
91-93/100
Neal Martin
93-95/100
Georgie Hindle
94/100
Jeb Dunnuck
94-96/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
93-95/100
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2024 Château l'Evangile, Pomerol, Bordeaux

Description

80% Merlot; 19% Cabernet Franc; 1% Petit Verdot.

Rain on 25th September came on winemaker Juliette Couderc’s birthday. She also celebrated that the Merlot was already in – respite after mildew pressure, fruit loss from couloure, drought-stress on the gravel parcels and production down 25%. Gentle, extended maceration gave the wine flesh and it will be aged sensitively in barrel, foudres and amphora. It's impressive with ripe fruit (13.5% without chaptalisation) and sweet notes of plum and cinnamon. The palate offers fine-grained tannins that relax as the wine evolves in the glass.

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2024
Alcohol % 14%
Maturity Not ready (2029 - 2046)
Grape List Merlot (80%), Cabernet Franc (19%), Petit Verdot (1%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château L'Evangile

Critics reviews

Jane Anson 93/100
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.
Drink 2030 - 2044
Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com (Apr 2025)
William Kelley 92-94/100
The 2024 L'Evangile has turned out beautifully, reflecting this estate's recent evolution (refining barrel choices and integrating foudre into the cellar) and its comparatively young vineyard's propensity to perform well in years with minimal hydric stress. Offering up aromas of cassis and blackberries mingled with notions of violets and black tea, it's medium to full-bodied, lively and layered, with a velvety attack, good depth at the core and a persistent finish. This blend of 80% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon attained 13.5% alcohol.
William Kelley, Wine Advocate (Apr 2025)
James Lawther MW 16.5/20

80% Merlot, 19% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. 21 hl/ha. Certified organic. Cask sample.

Aromatically reticent but lovely texture, the tannins silky and fine. Fresh without exaggeration. Finishes with length and persistence.
Drink 2030 - 2042
James Lawther MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2025)
Antonio Galloni 91-93/100

The 2024 L'Évangile offers good up-front intensity but then loses some of its depth on the mid-palate and finish. Black fruit, espresso, licorice, cloves and mocha confer an impression of gravitas. Élevage is 50% new oak, 25% foudre, 8% amphora and the rest in once-used barrels. Something about the oak profile does not feel optimal, as if the oak is mismatched to the wine. Élevage will be critical here, as the 2024 is quite forbidding at this stage. Even so, this is strong showing in a challenging year for a vineyard with relatively young vines that was largely replanted between 2002 and 2010.

Drink 2032 - 2049
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Apr 2025)
Neal Martin 93-95/100

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.
Drink 2029 - 2045
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Apr 2025)
Georgie Hindle 94/100
Fragrant and dark, chocolate, vanilla, cherry, plum and liquorice scents with subtle floral notes too. Concentrated and sleek, this has a lovely texture and sense of completeness from the start. Tannins are very gently plump giving a round, almost filling expression with crystalline and pure black fruit and super fine, powdery almost mineral tannins. So well constructed, not shouting, but equally there’s nothing light about this wine. Sophisticated and really refined but still with power. They harnessed the natural power and leant into the vintage with delicacy and livelines. 3.65pH. A yield of 22hl/ha. No press wine. In organic.
Drink 2030 - 2045
Georgie Hindle, Decanter.com (Apr 2025)
Jeb Dunnuck 94-96/100
Looking at the Grand Vin, the 2024 Château L'Evangile is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc aging in 50% new oak, 25% foudre, 8% in amphora, and the rest in used barrels. It's a smoking effort with a deep ruby/purple hue as well as a stunning Pomerol bouquet of red and blue fruits, damp earth, smoky tobacco, and lead pencil. Playing in the medium-bodied end of the spectrum, it's beautifully balanced, has a layered, elegant mid-palate, and ripe, firm, yet polished tannins. It's one hell of an impressive 2024!
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (May 2025)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 93-95/100
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.
Drink 2028 - 2045
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, TheWineIndependent.com (May 2025)

About this wine

Pomerol

Pomerol

With 150 or so producers and roughly 740 hectares of vineyards, the smallest of Bordeaux's major appellations is home to myriad bijou domaines – many making little more than 1,000 cases per annum. If the topography and architecture of Pomerol are typical, the style of its wines is anything but. The best vineyards are planted on a seam of rich clay extending across the raised plateau of Pomerol from the boundary of St Emilion.
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