1996 Château L'Evangile

Community Tasting Notes (66) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  4/15/2024 - jviz Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This developed nicely over 2-3 hours. Decanting might speed it along, and the wine held up well during that time. Bricked, with red clay and tobacco leaf, somewhat angular but still with ample fruit. I don't see it improving further but it was more than enjoyable.

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  3/2/2024 - ankitmehra Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the examples of 1998 right bank Bordeaux I’ve been lucky enough to try over the last year or so, but whenever I think of 1996, I immediately think of the left bank, which is what made trying this bottle from Château L’Evangile such an interesting proposition. After decanting the bottle for an hour or so, the nose opened up to be a great representation of mature right bank Bordeaux, with scents of blackberry, smoke and pepper complimenting a lot of distinct earthiness and cedar wood. The palate progressively became more tertiary, but the upfront had a powerful tobacco note that complimented the notes of blackberry and redcurrant I picked up. The mid-palate combined forest floor with a brilliant dark chocolate note that really came to life in hour two, all before a long, gamey finish. This is in a really good spot right now and I’m happy I opened it when I did - lots of fruit intact and just a great sense of balance in the bottle.

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  2/25/2024 - nmmnori Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Archetype of mature right bank claret. While this stops short of the true greats in terms of aromatic intensity and structure, everything that one might want in mature BDX is here.

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  4/9/2023 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Easter Sunday dinner, decanted for 1 hour, inky, iron, black fruits, lovely finesse, drinking well

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  11/12/2022 - dnnk88 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drinking well. Preferred this to the 1995, which was abit too juicy for me

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