Peter Maude Fine Wines
2025, Château La Chenade, LALANDE DE POMEROL
$36.80 inc. GST
85% merlot and 15% cabernet franc
Produced by the Durantou family. The fruit is sourced from a section of the Les Cruzelles vineyard with gravel soil and younger vines.
A focused and textural blend with plenty of precision and freshness. Blue fruit and some peppercorns on the nose, following through to a medium body with chalky tannins. Vivid and flavourful, with a long, grainy finish.
93-94 James Suckling.
The 2025 La Chenade is fabulous. Beautifully perfumed and sumptuous, La Chenade is drop-dead gorgeous. The purity of the flavours is just remarkable. Silky tannins add to an impression of total finesse. Sweet red cherry, pomegranate, rose petal and a discreet touch of oak linger on the refined, resonant finish. What a delight. 2030-2040
91-93 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.
Before tasting, I wondered if this particular wine would take on the dry character of the vintage more than the others in the Durantou range, and for sure you have a little more dried fruit character here, with fig and touches of prune, but it is beautifully balanced and lifted by nectarine pit and fennel. Good quality, no need to wait. 40% new oak. Noémie Durantou winemaker.
90 Jane Anson.