Chateau L’Evangile 2015

Region: Bordeaux - Subregion     France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > Pomerol

Grape Variety:    Merlot/Cabernet Franc

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

Deeply colored, like the hue of black plums, the nose is packed with smoke, truffle, incense, licorice, dark chocolate and kirsch, there is a citrus note in the background that adds more complexity. Intensity and sexiness, velvet textured and sensuous, this is bottled decadence. The finish resists fading, serving up dark chocolate and ripe, sweet, juicy, black plums that expand for close to 60 seconds. Balanced, fresh, opulent, long and expansive, this is a contender for the best wine ever to come out of l'Evangile. If you want to know what spell binding is, try this wine!

100 points Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider

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 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. Drink 2021 - 2043.

97+ points Lisa Perrotti-Brown - Wine Advocate (Feb 2018)

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