Château L’EVANGILE 2021

Description

Yves Beck 95-96 points www.yvesbeck.wine
Beaucoup de finesse dans le bouquet avec différentes facettes au travers de notes de fèves de cacao, de bois de réglisse et de menthe. Les notes fruitées ne manquent pas à l’appel avec des parfums de myrtilles et de mûres. Le vin est légèrement crémeux et se caractérise par sa finesse ainsi que des tannins veloutés qui confèrent de la puissance tout en harmonisant avec la structure acide. Un vin velouté, charnu et persistant.  2027-2046

Neal Martin 94-96 points www.vinous.com
he 2021 L’Évangile was picked September 21 to October 4, and matured in 50% new oak and 15% in clay amphora. It registers 14.0% alcohol and a pH of 3.65. This is very different and, unsurprisingly, far superior on the nose of black cherries, black truffle, crushed stone and a touch of orange peel; very focused and very Pomerol. The palate is medium-bodied, cohesive and elegant with supple tannins and fine acidity, yet there is real depth and a sense of nascent energy toward the finish. The young Cabernet Franc on gravel soils from the Chantecaille lieu-dit absolutely defines this 2021. A great success for this reenergized estate.

William Kelley 93-95 points www.erobertparker.com
A blend of 69% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2021 L’Evangile offers up aromas of plums, cherries and wild berries mingled with notions of rose petals, violets, licorice and tobacco leaf. Medium to full-bodied, ample and velvety, with fine concentration and rich, powdery structuring tannins that assert themselves on the finish, this estate’s rather low average vine age meant Evangile didn’t suffer much from coulure this year, and the rainy growing season also spared young Cabernet Franc from hydric stress—explaining its historically high percentage in the 2021 blend.

Antonio Galloni 94-96 points www.vinous.com
The 2021 L’Évangile is a heady, sensual wine. Silky and pliant, with fabulous balance, L’Évangile is a stand-out. The blend includes 30% Cabernet Franc, high for the château, but what really stands out is the wine’s balance. Red/purplish fruit, blood orange, rose petal and spice are all wrapped together by silky, pliant tannins. Franc aromatics and saline underpinnings extend the finish. Élevage is 50% new oak, 35% one year-old barrels and 15% amphora. Readers will find a super-classic Évangile that has tons of potential. I loved it.

Georgina Hindle 94 points  www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 01 Apr 2022)
Smells concentrated and quite bold, more of a heady nose, dark fruits and gorgeous perfumed Cabernet aspects. Succulent and juicy, a really appealing and charming palate, juiciness but density too, you get plump fruit here rather than a piercing focus giving more of a mouthful than some others but still with a detail to the fine tannins, the ripe fruit, cherry and blackcurrant and plum with a long finish. Sustained on the palate, this doesn’t let up, slowly building from start to finish giving a cool, delicate, refined palate but still with grippy maintaining attention. You can tell they got full ripeness here, but there’s also this lovely cooling, slate aspect – the soft chalkiness that comes in on the finish. I like this – the initial intensity, directness of black fruit and then the chalk texture. Feels nicely complete and one of the larger, more dense wines this vintage. A yield of 20hl/ha with all the Cabernet Sauvignon going into the grand vin. Juliette Couderc technical director. First year certified organic. Drinking Window 2026 – 2045

Jean-Marc Quarin 94 www.quarin.com
Couleur sombre, belle et intense. Nez un peu discret, au fruité pur et mûr. Minutieux en entrée de bouche, savoureux au milieu, avec de l’éclat dans la saveur et un corps fondant, le vin caresse le palais, très agréable, sur une longueur normale dans laquelle reviennent des saveurs de fruits noirs. Assemblage : 69 % merlot, 30 % cabernet franc, 1 % cabernet sauvignon. Degré d’alcool : 14°. A noter que ce vin n’a été ni chaptalisé, ni saigné. pH : 3,65. 8 % de vin de presse. Rendement : 20 hl/ha.