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Southeast of the Pomerol plateau stands the famous Château L'Évangile, sitting on a long stretch of gravel, a geological situation Rare and unusual for the appellation. Its history dates back to the 18th century, when it was run by the Léglise family.
It was finally christened L'Evangile in the 19th century. It wasn't until 1990 that it came under the Domaines Baron de Rothschild banner, managing Château Lafite Rothschild to Pauillac. New restructurings were then undertaken, both in the vineyard and in the cellar, having since given birth to a remarkable series of vintages.
The Château L'Évangile is based on a 22-hectare vineyard planted on sandy-clay soils containing pure gravel, resting on a subsoil of iron crasse conferring a sumptuous minerality to the wines. The grape varieties are 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet franc. The wines are aged for 18 months in French oak barrels, 70% of which are new.
The estate produces a Second wine, Blason de L'Evangile, crafted with equal care and precision.
The Château L'Évangile embodies the very best of Pomerol, producing wines that combine power and finesse. They offer beautiful aromatic brilliance, great depth and elegance.
At L'Evangile, it's often the Merlot that plays the leading role, with the Cabernet franc accompanying it. This year, the distribution is more balanced, to build a vintage of tension. Tension that has kept us on our toes in the face of mildew. Tension that we ardently seek in all our wines.
The harvest began on September 4 for our Merlot grapes from the young Graves parcels. The week was particularly hot, accelerating ripening and creating a real tipping point. The first juices to come in revealed red fruits with an energetic matrix, as Juliette and Olivier like them: interesting balances with alcohols around 13.5 and pH around 3.7. Harvest decisions then followed a very "pedological" logic, with the arrival of clays after our gravels, followed by sands. Tastings of our musts at vatting confirm this hierarchy.
This year, our Cabernet Franc on gravel has been structuring, like this glowing bowl, a solid base, which allows our Merlot on clay (blue) to soar.
