2010 Blason de L'Evangile

The second wine, the 2010 Blason de l’Evangile, is attractive and straightforward, but richly fruity and showing some of L’Evangile’s tell-tale black raspberry, black currant and licorice notes intermixed with good body and sweet tannins in a forward style. Drink it over the next 10-12 years. With an alcohol level hitting the scales at 14.8%, the 2,000 cases of 2010 L’Evangile come from a blend of 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc, which I assume is much less Cabernet Franc than what was used under the old administration of the Ducasse family versus what is being done now by Eric de Rothschild and his team. The new administrators have added some vineyard parcels from neighboring sites, particularly Le Croix de Gay, and they have also replanted part of this vineyard, which sits on the St.-Emilion border next to La Conseillante and facing Cheval Blanc and La Dominique.