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Wine Description
The Story
The Léglise family from Libourne founded what is now Château L’Evangile. They were actively involved, around the middle of the 18th century, in building the Pomerol vineyard. L’Evangile appeared in the 1741 land registry under the name of Fazilleau.
At the turn of the 19th century, the estate already had much of its current configuration, stretching over some 13 hectares, when it was sold to a lawyer named Isambert. He renamed the estate “L...
Wine Information
At the beginning of the year the weather conditions were average but improved towards the ripening period. The warm, dry winter was followed by a rather cold, rainy period during flowering which led to incidents of coulure and millerandage (poor fertilization with mixed size berries). Fortunately, the cold July and August were followed by a superb September: dry, hot and sunny with a north-east wind, enabling the ripening process to speed up. ...