2022 Château L'Evangile

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 96 points

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  5/8/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points

  Deep in color, the wine pops with its nose of violets, black cherry, spice, cinnamon, and chocolate. On the palate, the wine quickly focuses you on its core of black cherries, black plums, spices, cocoa, espresso, and savory herbs. Elegantly textured, with softness, refinement, length and freshness, the finish has length, purity, and freshness on the back end that stands out. The is a complete change in direction from the recent vintages that were focused more on density. With the 2022, the wine is about its elegant nature. The wine blends 82% Merlot, 17.5% Cabernet Franc and .05% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14.5% ABV, 3.8 pH. Yields were 30 hectoliters per hectare. The harvest took place August 29 - September 14. The wine is aging in a combination of 50% new, French oak, 15% amphora and 10% foudres. Drink from 2027-2055. 95-97 Pts.

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  4/26/2023 - chatters wrote:

  En Primeur campaign for the 2022 vintage Day Five (Bordeaux): Low intensity aromas doesn't show much at all initially. With vigorous agitation it revels a little black hued fruits, plums, sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, dense, slightly thick ripe plummy fruit, woody tannins are drying and slightly chalky textured, finishes bitter with a touch of alcohol warmth.

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