chateau canon 1er grand cru classe st emilion

Château Canon

Château Canon, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2009

Name: Château Canon, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Brand: Château Canon
Price: 1726.25 GBP

97/100

Inside Bordeaux

97/100

The Wine Independent

91/100

Vinous

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2009
12x75cl
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£1,726.25

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

This Chanel owned St Emilion property is back on top form. Some lucky customers will be able to taste the 2009 at a dinner at our St James's Street office with John Kolasa. They will find a heady and rich St Emilion with a beautiful sense of precision and poise. There is a wonderful bouquet of attractive minerals and pure black fruit. This is a big, concentrated Canon, but the flavours are both pure and very refined. There is a sumptuous, velvety texture to this 2009. The tannins are very refined and one is left with long flavours of bright, characterful fruit. Bravo.

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We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Critic Reviews

97/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Beautiful restraint on the nose, really stands out for its discreet exuberance and juicy nuance. Charming, fresh figs, raspberry, black cherry, cranberry, cocoa bean, espresso, salted cracker and sea salt. Melted tannins, and fully getting into its stride. As with the last time I tasted this pair, the 2009 just edges out over the 2010, and for now the gap has widened slightly. Yield 35hl/h, 60% new oak, 3.75ph.

drinking window 2024 - 2045

date of review 10/2024

97/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Deep garnet in color, the 2009 Canon bursts from the glass with bombastic notes of plum preserves, black cherry compote, and blueberry pie with suggestions of dark chocolate and licorice plus a hint of wood smoke. Full-bodied, rich, and plush in the mouth, the palate is packed with decadent black fruit preserves and spicy layers, finishing with epic length. Yum!

drinking window 2024 - 2050

date of review 03/2024

91/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2009 Canon has a loose-knit, quite sensual bouquet that does not have the same depth or mineralité as recent vintages like the 2015 and 2016. The warmth of the summer comes through here, a touch of garrigues. The palate is medium-bodied with soft tannin, a little more advanced than say, the Canon-la-Gaffelières with a spicy, black pepper and sage tinged finish. Enjoy this over the next decade, but is it a long term Canon? Tasted at BI Wines & Spirits' annual Ten Year On tasting.

drinking window 2019 - 2035

date of review 03/2019

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.