Chateau l´Evangile 1995

WEINWISSER: "Mittleres Granat-Purpur, noch Rubin am Rand. Süsses, nach Kirschen und Vanille duftendes Bouquet, etwas laktisch, Black Currant. Zu Beginn saftiger, eleganter Gaumen, dann zupackende Gerbstoffe, Kraft zeigend, nachhaltige Adstringenz, fleischig, viel Potenzial, momentan verschlossen, bis zur ersten Genussreife braucht es viel Geduld."

WINE SPECTATOR: "Beautiful aromas of crushed berries, chocolate and spices follow through to a full-bodied palate, with fine tannins and a spicy, refined aftertaste.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2008."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "This wine is closed, backward, and marginally less impressive than I thought from cask. It is still an outstanding l’Evangile that may prove to be longer-lived than the sumptuous 1990, but perhaps not as opulently-styled. It remains one of the year’s’s top efforts. The dense ruby/purple color is accompanied by aromas of minerals, black raspberries, earth, and spice. The bottled wine seems toned down (too much fining and filtration?), compared with the pre-bottling samples, which had multiple layers of flesh and flavor dimension. High tannin in the finish and plenty of sweet fruit on the palate suggest this wine will turn out to be extra special. Could it have been even better if the filters had been junked in favor of a natural bottling? I think so, yet that being said, the wine’s ferocious tannin level cannot conceal its outstanding ripeness, purity, and depth."

FALSTAFF: "Kräftiges Rubingranat, zarte Ockerreflexe, breitere Randaufhellung. Zarte Kräuterwürze, dominiert von kandierten Veilchen, schwarzes Beerenkonfit, Mandarinenzesten, dunkle, eingelegte Kirschen, tabakige Nuancen, etwas schwarze Trüffel. Mittlerer Körper, reife ­Kirschenfrucht, frisch strukturiert, angenehme Süße im Abgang, jetzt wunderbar zu trinken, ein delikater Speisenbegleiter, der dieses Niveau noch einige Jahre halten wird können, ein leichtfüßiger Wein, sollte dennoch zeitnah genossen werden."