The outstanding Chateau lEvangile has one of the best reputations in Pomerol, which it well deserves. The mature wine shows a rich, full-bodied nose of black fruits (plums and blackberries), chocolate, toffee, and roasted herbs. The complex bouquet accompanies a medium acidity typical of Merlot-based wines and ripe, plush flavors of compelling richness. Most vintages have strong tannins, giving Chateau lEvangile one of Pomerols best potential aging profiles of six to twenty-five or even more years following the vintage. A quality equivalent to that of a Medoc first growth gives this hard-to-find wine the potential to be one of the areas big stars even in lesser vintages.

Dec2011 Appearance: clarity: clear intensity: deep color: ruby others: leg Nose: condition: clean intensity: pronounced development: developing / fully developed aroma char: blackcurrent, Chocolate, tobacco leaf Palate: dry medium acidity high tannin medium alcohol full body flavour intensity: pronounced flavour char: blackcurrent, pulm, chocolate, bitter, tabacco quality: very good can drink now but die out a bit fast around 1-2hr

soft round merlot. lovely wine.