CRITIC REVIEWS
Neal Martin
The 2019 La Chenade offers quite plump red fruit on the nose, a bit dusty and not as refined as its peers. Possibly some Brettanomyces at play. The palate is medium-bodied with rounded tannins, quite voluminous and outgoing in style, but doesn't quite deliver the complexity to back it up. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
William Kelley
The 2019 La Chenade is a lovely Lalande-de-Pomerol from the Darantou family, bursting with aromas of plummy fruit, wild berries, rose petals, smoke and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, ample and enveloping, with supple tannins, succulent acids and a nicely defined finish, this charming wine represents one of the great values of right bank Bordeaux.
JancisRobinson.com
Gamey, very Pomerolesque nose. Easy-peasy to like. Sweet and floral - just a bit less intense and savoury than a proper Pomerol. GV (JR)

