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| "Proprietor Denis Durantou has been on a hot streak, and is one of those perfectionist proprietors who seems tortured by their compulsion to do everything so well.
Believe me: as a wine drinker, you want people like Durantou making the wines.” Robert M. Parker, Jr., Wine Advocate
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| | | | "Durantou’s vinous epiphany came when his grandfather René offered his nine-year old grandson a sip of the 1929 L'Église-Clinet. 'It is because of that I make wine,' Denis once confided ....
The 1985 L'Église-Clinet signaled that the young vigneron had talent, if not yet all the means to create a top-tier Pomerol. It was the 1998 vintage, however, that put both L'Église-Clinet and Denis Durantou on the map, partly thanks to his newly installed smaller stainless steel fermentation tanks. I remember tasting the 1998 from barrel during one of my early en primeur visits, the excitement in the air as Denis Durantou was congratulated for making a wine that set the template for what followed.
From that pivotal vintage onwards L'Église-Clinet ascended to become one of Pomerol’s most acclaimed wines, quintessential and uncompromising, a wine that is not necessarily flattering in its youth, but that blossoms into an extraordinary and often profound elixir with bottle age.
Flanking his crown jewel are a handful of crus including La Chenade, Saintayme, Montlandrie, and Les Cruzelles from outside Pomerol, over-performing and, you might well argue, underpriced - not that he cared about something as banal as the market value of his wines. He just wanted people to enjoy them."
Neal Martin, Vinous |
| | "La Chenade is made from the tiny 0.5 hectare vineyard across the road from Château Les Cruzelles in Lalande-de-Pomerol. The same impressive levels of focused care and attention are put into La Chenade, so although the quantities are minute, demand is high for a wine of such caliber. There is more gravel under the La Chenade vines, and the style differs to Les Cruzelles despite its proximity. As a result, La Chenade offers an earlier-drinking glimpse at superbly made Lalande de Pomerol."
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| La Chenade's distance to:
‣ Château L'Église-Clinet: 0.9 miles ‣ Château Lafleur: 1.1 miles
‣ Petrus: 1.2 miles |
| | | | 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc; La Chenade is planted in gravel and sand with L'Église-Clinet massale selections |
| ‣ "Aromas of orange peel, blackberries, flint, and spice follow through to a medium to full body, with firm and racy tannins and a pretty finish. Drink or hold." JamesSuckling.com
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| ‣ "Made from Merlot grapes picked between the 9th and the 15th of September and Cabernet Franc grapes picked on the 16th of September, the 2020 La Chenade expresses a vibrant and elegant bouquet with aromas of dark berries, violet, rose, dark cherries, and graphite. Medium to full-bodied, it’s a juicy and elegant wine with a fleshy core of fruit and a fresh finish. As usual, this estate has produced excellent red wine from sandy-gravel soils." Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate |
| ‣ "The 2020 La Chenade was very promising when I originally tasted it from barrel. In bottle since May, it has developed a lovely nose with melted red berry fruit, wild mint and light fennel scents. Nicely delineated and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins. Extremely pure, very harmonious, this Lalande-de-Pomerol discretely crescendos towards its very satisfying, quite structured finish. Superb." Neal Martin, Vinous |
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