l'Evangile 1990 (OWC/12)
Tasting Note
'It had been four years since I last drank a bottle of the 1990 Château l’Evangile and the wine just continues to cruise along as if time is never going to touch it. The bouquet is pure and complex, wafting from the glass in a refined blend of black cherries, black plums, tobacco leaf, gravelly soil tones, a touch of roasted game, cigar ash and a quite discreet framing of toasty oak. On the palate the wine is deep, pure and full, with lovely depth at the core, fine soil undertow and grip, lovely complexity, a very refined personality and a long, seamlessly balanced and meltingly tannic finish. This is one of my favorite vintages of l’Evangile after its purchase by Lafite-Rothschild in 1985 and the wine still has decades and decades of splendid drinking ahead of it. My cellar inventory says I still have a single bottle of this wine left; I hope I can find it!'
94/100 John Gilman
94/100 John Gilman
Specifications for l'Evangile 1990 (OWC/12)
| Region | Red Bordeaux |
| Sub-region | Pomerol |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Size (Volume) | Bottle |
| Bond Status | In Bond |