2011 Evangile

94 POINTS

Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider

From a blend of 94% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc, the wine reached 13.6% alcohol and will be aged in 100% new oak. Yields were 32 hectoliters per hectare with the Grand Vin representing 73% of the harvest. Deep in color, licorice, chocolate, spice, black cherry, floral, plum and black raspberry liqueur scents create the perfume. Rich, dense and concentrated, this classic style of L’Evangile is tannic with powerful, chalky tannins and a long, stylish finish. 93-95 Pts

94 POINTS

Jeannie Cho Lee MW - Asian Palate

This Pomerol has a gorgeous aroma of ripe plums and violets with seductive flavours on the palate. There is good density and concentration here with plush, ripe tannins. The wine is 94% Merlot. Thorough, strict selection made phenomenal wine in 2011. The alcohol is less than in 2010 and 2009, but still almost 14%. Long finish with ability to age for decades. This property increased by 6 ha but the total quantity produced in 2011 was the same as in 2012 with severe selection. The 6 ha were purchased just before harvest in 2011.

93 POINTS

Neal Martin - Wine Advocate

Tasted en primeur at the property with Jean-Pascal Vazart. The L’Evangile 2011 is a blend of 94% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc picked between 6th with the young vines and 21st September and 19th to 21st September respectively cropped at 32hl/ha. It has 13.6 degrees alcohol and a pH of 3.7, an IPT of 76. As usual, this cru is always taciturn at first and so I leave my sample for a few minutes before writing any notes. It has a voluptuous, sensual bouquet with pure vanillary red berry fruit that reminds me of the 1995. The palate is medium-bodied with a nubile texture with supple toasty red fruit that is struck through with crisp acidity and a fine coca-tinged off-dry finish that displays persistency and a pastille-like residual sweetness. Tasted April 2012.

93 POINTS

James Molesworth - Wine Spectator

A dark, grippy, structured version, with a strong charcoal spine running through the core of dark fig, steeped plum and black currant fruit. Loam and bittersweet cocoa notes check in on the finish, endowed with ample buried acidity. Should stretch out pleasantly, but this will need a little more time than most other 2011 Pomerols to round into form. Best from 2017 through 2027.

92 POINTS

Ian D'Agata - Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

Bright, deep purple-ruby.  Brooding nose offers rich blackcurrant and black cherry scents complicated by sexy oak, violet and minerals.  At once pure, dense and silky, offering complex, fresh flavors of dark plum, spicy blackcurrant, vanilla, coffee and liquid minerals.  Finishes sweet and extremely long, with seamless ripe tannins.  Typically graceful and precise L'Evangile with sneaky power.

91 POINTS

James Suckling

A young 2011 with lots of wood on the nose and plenty of plum character. Full to medium body, with velvety tannins and medium-fruity finish. Very polished texture. Try in 2015.

René Gabriel - WeinWisser

2020-2046 18/20

Bettane & Desseauve - TAST

Fruité fin, caractère finement poivronné étonnant mais loin d'être désagréable car ces notes sont mûres, allonge svelte, de la finesse et une vigueur élancée. C'est étonnamment croquant : une illustration brillante du millésime. 73% de premier vin. 18/20