Château L'Évangile, archaically Fazilleau, is a

Bordeaux wine Bordeaux wine (; ) is produced in the Bordeaux region of southwest France, around the city of Bordeaux, on the Garonne River. To the north of the city, the Dordogne River joins the Garonne forming the broad estuary called the Gironde; the Gi ...

estate from the

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. The

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is located on the Right Bank of the

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, in the commune of Pomerol in the department

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. As all wine produced in this appellation, Château L'Évangile is unclassified, but the estate is estimated among the great growths of the region. Placed on the eastern outskirts of Pomerol, the vineyard lies in a cluster with

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, near the border of

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and its nearest estate Château Cheval Blanc.

History

L’Évangile appeared in the 1741 land registry under the name of Fazilleau, founded by the Libourne family Léglise. At the turn of the 19th century the property was sold to a lawyer named Isambert who gave the estate its present name, following the example set by Arnaud at neighbouring Pétrus. In 1862, L’Évangile was purchased by Paul Chaperon, whose descendants, the Ducasse family remained the estate’s owners until 1990, when L’Évangile was acquired by Domaines Barons de Rothschild, the owners of

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Wine

Château L'Évangile has 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. The aging in oak barrels is 18 months and 70% new oak barrels are used

The château also produces a

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named Blason de L'Évangile (70 - 80% Merlot, 20 - 30% Cabernet Franc). The average production of Château L'Evangile and the second wine Blason de L'Évangile is 5,000 cases of wine.

References

External links

Château L'Évangile official site
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