Community Tasting Notes 13

• Alc13%byvol Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 18, 2022 - 12 years on, this wine from DD is a really good place, it seems to me. Despite the punchy alcohol, everything is softer and more welcoming than I remember from my last visit. With a precise nose, the mouth filling fruit is now in balance with well crafted tannins fanning out to a cool, linear and moreish finish. Understated, smooth and uncomplicated yet the simplicity and purity of this Chenade leaves you in no doubt of its artfulness. Merci, Denis. Très bon.

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• Goldstone Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 12, 2021 - Second from a case. I am going to totally contradict my note on the first bottle from 6 weeks ago. Again, popped and poured but this time it was all silky smooth, and totally enjoyable mid-tier Pomerol but clearly from a very accomplished winemaker (it is the kid brother wine of Ch. Les Cruzelles). Bought on release at US$16.50, I would happily pay US$60-70 for this in a restaurant.

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• Goldstone wrote: 86 points

  December 29, 2020 - First of a case. Popped and poured, which was a mistake because this is painfully young and needs at last a 3-hour decant or another 3-5 years in the cellar. Not really drinkable at this stage but it is clear that there is some good material hidden deep in there. Have re-corked it and will report back if it opens up at all in the next day or two....it didn't, so to the back of the cellar it goes.

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• Brussels 1049 Likes this wine: 89 points

  October 10, 2020 - My last bottle of the case and I wish I had kept the others, as this is only just into its drinking window, and still needs a one hour decant. Still a deep colour, with no sign of ageing, herbaceous nose, firm but velvety palate, with good balance of fruit and tannin, tails off a bit on the finish. No great complexity here, but a very pleasing bottle that still has life left in it.

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• Butch1970 Likes this wine: 89 points

  April 5, 2020 - Bought this en primeur and have slowly began drinking over the past two years. A lovely straight forward wine which you can pnp and enjoy over the course of an evening. Quite extracted but not unpleasantly so (and I'm quite sensitive about overly extracted wines). A lovely drop without being anything extraordinary, but that's not what you expect at this price level.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Château La Chenade
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation Lalande de Pomerol
• UPC Code 3448821315205

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• Pending Delivery 108 (16%)
• In Cellars 267 (40%)
• Consumed 297 (44%)

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