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

Château Canon, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2023

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justerini & brooks tasting note

It's almost a given that Nicolas Audebert and team will make a glorious wine at Canon, and sure enough 2023 didn't disappoint. A wonderful fragrant bouquet of violets, pine forest, chalky minerals and spices. The palate is suave and refined with an eclectic array of fruits and minerals, expressive but not lavish, all controlled by a vivid, almost creamy core of mulberry fruit, full of energy, bright yet relaxed, totally harmonious, enveloped by finely textured tannins. There's wonderful energy and tension here to the salty, persistent finish. Impeccable. 71% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Franc.

critic reviews

98-100/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

A blend of 71% Merlot and 29% Cabernet Franc, the 2023 Canon has a pH of 3.42 and it will age in barriques for 16-18 months, of which 50% are new. It is deep garnet-purple in color and sails out of the glass with bold notions of juicy blueberries, fresh plums, and Bing cherries, giving way to hints of black pepper, fragrant soil, and violets. The medium to full-bodied palate shimmers with energetic black and blue fruits, framed by super-satiny tannins and compelling tension, finishing long and fragrant. Absolutely ethereal!

DRINKING WINDOW 2030 - 2060
date of review 05/2024
96/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Finesse and saline limestone character on full display, spiced plum, textural as ever, with finely boned architecture, in the line of great Canon vintages, with density to the black fruits and the mouthwateringly precise tannic grip and oyster shell salinity. 50% new oak for ageing, harvest September 6 through to October 4 (with Merlot going right through until the end, unlike many places, here they really waited). 45hl/ha yield, in organic conversion. Tasted twice.

DRINKING WINDOW 2030 - 2048
date of review 05/2024
94-96/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2023 Canon was picked from around 6 September to 6 October at 45hL/ha and matured in 50% new oak. It has a perfumed bouquet with pure black cherries and touches of cassis and violet. The oak is beautifully integrated. Perhaps if I have to quibble, it is not quite as complex as the very best recent vintages, but that's a high bar nowadays. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black cherry fruit laced with iodine, and veins of blue fruit. There is a sorbet-like freshness embroidered throughout this Canon, and it delivers a lovely cracked black pepper note on the finish. Excellent. Again.

DRINKING WINDOW 2029 - 2060
date of review 04/2024
96-98/100William Kelley,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Wafting from the glass with aromas of mulberries and raspberries mingled with spices, rose petals, licorice and violets, the 2023 Canon is another brilliant wine from a property whose excellence can almost be taken for granted. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's seamless and concentrated, its vibrant core of fruit framed by sweet, powdery tannins and girdled by lively acids, concluding with a long, mineral finish.

date of review 04/2024

product details

Country:
France
Region:
Bordeaux
Appellation:
St Emilion
Producer:
Château Canon
Style:
Red Wine
Grape Variety:
Merlot Cabernet
abv:
15%

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