Château l'Evangile 2025
Pomerol
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£582.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: |
| ABV: 13.7% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: No | Drink from: 2035 |
| Biodynamic: No | Drink to: 2055 |
| Grapes: 86% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon | |
Critic scores
93-95 RP, 96-98 NM, 94-96 AG, 97-98 JS, 94-96 LPB, 96 JA, 96 DC, 95-97 DB
Critic reviews
"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."
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"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."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"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."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"The aromas of blackberries, black olives and hints of tobacco and dried fruit are fascinating and enticing. It’s medium- to full-bodied with creamy and polished tannins and a savory finish. Turns refined and focused after the layered fruit. Classic in character, with a caressing texture and balance. Hints of ripe fruit and freshness at the same time. 86% merlot, 13% cabernet franc and 1% cabernet sauvignon."
James Suckling, April 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"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."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Nice plump roundness on the palate with a touch of strawberry acidity to bring some life and lift. Quite serious, fine tannins, a cool crisp, blue fruit edge with a lot of liquorice and wet stone aspects – a mineral, salty, spiced grip on the finish. I like the frame, not too heavy but it’s still quite tight. I don’t find the density of 2022 or 2023 but there’s definitely charm on offer in a cool, serious way right now with a hint of gloss. Ageing 5% amphora. 40% foudre. 45% new oak. 10% used barrels. 3,7pH. A yield of 22hl/ha."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Pomerol; 86% Merlot; 13% Cabernet Franc; 1% Cabernet Sauvignon; a final yield of 23 hl/ha; pH 3.75; IPT75; 13.7% alcohol; tasted at the property with Juliette Couderc). Really beautiful aromatically, with a most gracious dark stone fruit most prominent, alongside the rosemary and thyme herbal notes, blueberry and cassis and parfumiers' essences of rose petal and white pepper. More cedar and black cherry with aeration. Low yields principally due to the legacy of 2024. They started picking here just before the rain of the 27th of August. Quite nutty in its signature, from the ripe pips, with a touch of salt in its minerality, but also that delightfully redolent peony florality. Broad, ample in frame and succulent and juicy, if a little more solar than La Conseillante or Cheval Blanc. Chewy tannins, and plenty of them, on the very long finish. Hydric stress but not temperature stress, as Juliet explains."
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"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."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"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."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"The aromas of blackberries, black olives and hints of tobacco and dried fruit are fascinating and enticing. It’s medium- to full-bodied with creamy and polished tannins and a savory finish. Turns refined and focused after the layered fruit. Classic in character, with a caressing texture and balance. Hints of ripe fruit and freshness at the same time. 86% merlot, 13% cabernet franc and 1% cabernet sauvignon."
James Suckling, April 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"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."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Nice plump roundness on the palate with a touch of strawberry acidity to bring some life and lift. Quite serious, fine tannins, a cool crisp, blue fruit edge with a lot of liquorice and wet stone aspects – a mineral, salty, spiced grip on the finish. I like the frame, not too heavy but it’s still quite tight. I don’t find the density of 2022 or 2023 but there’s definitely charm on offer in a cool, serious way right now with a hint of gloss. Ageing 5% amphora. 40% foudre. 45% new oak. 10% used barrels. 3,7pH. A yield of 22hl/ha."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Pomerol; 86% Merlot; 13% Cabernet Franc; 1% Cabernet Sauvignon; a final yield of 23 hl/ha; pH 3.75; IPT75; 13.7% alcohol; tasted at the property with Juliette Couderc). Really beautiful aromatically, with a most gracious dark stone fruit most prominent, alongside the rosemary and thyme herbal notes, blueberry and cassis and parfumiers' essences of rose petal and white pepper. More cedar and black cherry with aeration. Low yields principally due to the legacy of 2024. They started picking here just before the rain of the 27th of August. Quite nutty in its signature, from the ripe pips, with a touch of salt in its minerality, but also that delightfully redolent peony florality. Broad, ample in frame and succulent and juicy, if a little more solar than La Conseillante or Cheval Blanc. Chewy tannins, and plenty of them, on the very long finish. Hydric stress but not temperature stress, as Juliet explains."
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com