Château L'Évangile

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2024, a vintage year of crossings

Primeurs 2024

To stay the course, we had to chart the way. It took seasoned crews and deft seamanship to safely reach port in 2024.

The taste of freedom at the Primeurs

To mark the Primeurs of our 2023 vintages, we designated a Rorschach or ‘ink blot’ test for each of our wines.  

A breathtaking wine list

We’ve travelled across our estates to curate a list of the finest vintages to uncork in 2024.

Take a breath: how winemakers unwind

Those who thrive in vineyards understand the importance of hitting pause. From playing Mahjong to taking a refreshing dip in Lake Hourtin, let’s explore how our vineyard workers find their moments of peace.

Blending notes

Behind every great wine lies a series of choices, doubts, and shared intuition.

In the cellars of Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite, the 2024 blending process demanded careful listening—and a great deal of passion. This is the story, from up close, of those who taste, debate, compose…and ultimately hear the wine speak.

Vineyard diaries

The inner thoughts of two winemakers from opposite ends of the world.

What does a winemaker’s day really look like? The journals of Jeanne at Château L’Évangile in Pomerol and Joaquín at Viña Los Vascos in Chile reveal two contrasting yet connected lives. This is the story of two different hemispheres and one shared passion.

A very eloquent nose

An interview with assemblage expert Alexandre Schmitt.

Alexandre Schmitt made a dramatic shift from the world of haute parfumerie to another field equally bound to aroma: wine blending. He shares the essence of his sensory-driven approach—and explains why training your nose is essential to tasting wine.

The notes between the notes

Why music and wine make the perfect duet.

A wine can be tasted with the ears as much as with the palate. And that’s why music can alter the way we perceive a vintage.

Late bloomers

Assemblage - Wines that defied first impressions.

In each issue’s ‘Assemblage’ section, we compose a blend of shorter snippets relating to a theme. This time, we explore forgotten or misunderstood vintages that, with the passing of time, revealed their true brilliance. Like certain songs or works of art that only find their audience years after their debut, these wines waited patiently—until the moment was right for them to be truly appreciated.

Lafite and L’Évangile: tribulations in the Age of Enlightenment 

For the wineries of Bordeaux, the 18th century was a tumultuous period. Marked by industrial development, inheritance disputes and a mix of truth and fiction, it was also the era when Château Lafite Rothschild and Château L’Évangile would step out of the shadows and into the public eye.

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