Spot maybe in that one instance. But there is no right answer, only that you know what the camera is doing and pick the one that works for you.
I keep mine on spot metering because it suits me. But that might give me the opposite problem in that if I do not pay attention it blows out the background.
I know this so if I am shooting landscape I stick with manual mode, meter the background with spot and meter the subject then decide what exposure I want.
Evaluative is supposed to sort that out for you.