Producer
Château l'Evangile
L'Evangile has long been one of the most sought after Right Bank châteaux. Since the Rothschildfamily (the Lafite branch) purchased the estate in 1990, its quality has rivalled neighbouring Pétrus and Lafleur.
2025 Ch L'Evangile Pomerol - 6x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Château l'Evangile
- Region Pomerol
- Grape Merlot / Cabernet Franc
- Drinking 2030 - 2055
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available En Primeur
2025 - Ch L'Evangile Pomerol - 6x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Château l'Evangile
- Region Pomerol
- Grape Merlot / Cabernet Franc
- Drinking 2030 - 2055
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available En Primeur
Please note: These wines are lying abroad until shipping and can only be purchased In Bond. If you are an existing Private Reserves customer, the wine will be automatically transferred on arrival. Otherwise, you will be contacted on arrival in the UK to arrange delivery, In Bond storage in Private Reserves or another bonded warehouse.
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, April 2026, Score: 95-97
Deep, dense Morello cherry and blackberry with a lifted herbal scent giving the impression of freshness and energy. Characteristic Evangile plushness and generosity, but with controlled restraint that is so much winemaker Juliette Couderc’s style. Bright and so full of life on the palate, with sumptuous richness on the finish. Pomerol at its best.
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Neal Martin, May 2026, Score: 96-98
The 2025 L'Évangile has been given new impetus by winemaker Juliette Couderc. It is initially backward, but it really comes forth with a few swirls of the glass: black cherries, mint and juniper berries, just a hint of truffle, quite vibrant and vivacious. Wonderful delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with svelte tannins, a fine bead of acidity, superb minéralité, as if there were a bit of limestone soil, but there is none. Very saline on the aftertaste with impressive length. This is a marvellous L'Évangile given the growing season, and it seems imbued with so much personality. Drink 2032-2060
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Wine Advocate, April 2026, Score: 93-95
The 2025 L'Evangile is showing well, bursting with aromas of sweet cherries, dark berries, spices and licorice, framed by nicely integrated oak. On the palate, it's medium- to full-bodied, with a rather rich, powerful profile, built around ripe but youthfully structuring tannins. It's a blend of 87% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc, some 40% of which is being matured in foudre. The vintage conditions, which produced very small berries (as little as 0.6 grams for Cabernet Franc growing on gravel), have delivered an Evangile of unusual density.
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Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Score: 94-96
The 2025 L'Évangile is a very beautiful wine. Silky and medium in body, the 2025 is a classic L'Évangile, which is shocking given the intense heat and drought of the year, along with yields of just 22 hectoliters per hectare in aggregate across the châteaux. Bright red-toned fruit, mocha and rose petal all grace the palate. Touches of blood orange and white pepper lift the brilliant finish. Élevage is 40% new oak, 40% foudre, 15% once-filled barrels and 5% amphora. This is a very precise wine and one of the top Pomerols of the year. Drink 2035-2065.
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Jancis Robinson, May 2026, Score: 17/20
86% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Certified organic. Cask sample. Lively and fresh with floral notes. Supple attack with mid-palate sweetness and good density of fruit. Silky tannins with some length on the finish. No exaggeration. Drink 2020-2045
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Goedhuis Waddesdon, April 2026, Score: 95-97
Deep, dense Morello cherry and blackberry with a lifted herbal scent giving the impression of freshness and energy. Characteristic Evangile plushness and generosity, but with controlled restraint that is so much winemaker Juliette Couderc’s style. Bright and so full of life on the palate, with sumptuous richness on the finish. Pomerol at its best.
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Jane Anson, April 2026, Score: 96
Damson colour, this has a ton of juicy blue and black fruits, well judged density, energy and lift, clear ageing ability, grilled cumin, peony, iris flowers, slate and crushed rocks, 40% new oak, with large oak casks for almost half of the production. Less Cabernet Franc in this blend simply because of the size of the berries. 3.7ph. Blason no longer sold En Primeur, so not tasted here. Juliette Couderc director. Harvest began on August 26 with young Merlot on gravel. 23hl/h overall yield, fascinating to see how they split across different terroirs in the L'Evangile vineyard - on gravel 15hl/ha, on clay 28hl/ha, on sand, 38hl/h all due to size of berries. In practise this meant a lot of intra-plot harvesting, going through four or five times. The result is impressive.
Region
Pomerol
The small sub-region of Pomerol is situated north-east of the industrious city of Libourne. Pomerol's soils are predominately iron-rich clay with a smattering of gravel that produce wines with extraordinary power and depth. As a result of this clay-dominance, it has the highest percentage of Merlot planted in all of Bordeaux. Certain châteaux are produced exclusively from this grape, but most incorporate smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc as well. Despite its hefty (if not exclusive) proportion of Merlot, many people think of wines from this region as separate entities. As one wine aficionado stated recently, "It's not Merlot. It's Pomerol." Despite the region's small size, Pomerol contains some of the world's most sought after (and expensive) wines including Pétrus, Le Pin, Lafleur, l'Evangile and Vieux Château Certan. Unlike other Bordelais subregions, there is no system of classification. The châteaux are traded on reputation alone.
