chateau canon 1er grand cru classe st emilion

Château Canon

Château Canon, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion, 2024

Name: Château Canon, 1er Grand Cru Classé, St Emilion
Brand: Château Canon
Price: 436 GBP

95/100

Inside Bordeaux

93-95/100

The Wine Independent

91-93/100

Vinous

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2024
12x37.5cl
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£441.00
2024
6x75cl
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£426.00
2024
3x1.5L
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£436.00
2024
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£329.00
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1x6L
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£628.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Nicolas Audebert has once again captured the terroir and vintage conditions to perfection. Canon 2024 opens with a beautifully perfumed bouquet, featuring spicy, mineral-infused cherries and sandalwood. Aromas of summer berries, lilac and dried flowers appear on the expressive nose. On the palate, it delivers a pure, vibrant attack of griotte and just-ripe plums, complimented by an abundance of graphite and stones. This speaks of its great limestone terroir with lots of detail and salts, mingled with pencil shavings and bright red berries. Utterly charming, the tannins amplify the core of fruit, providing a persistent and prolonged finish. Bravo! Produced from 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc.

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Critic Reviews

93-95/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

78% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc. pH 3.35. Aging 16-18 months in 49% new French oak. Deep garnet-purple colored. Prances out to the glass with eager-to-please scents of Morello cherries, fresh raspberries, and bay leaves, leading to hints of graphite and tree bark. The medium-bodied palate is subtle and lively with just enough red berry flavors and a chalkiness on the finish.

drinking window 2027 - 2042

date of review 05/2025

91-93/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2024 Canon was picked from September 19 to October 9, a harvest that I witnessed firsthand while joining the pickers on one afternoon. It aged in 49% new oak and 6% casks for between 16 and 18 months. The bouquet is well defined with pure black cherry, raspberry and a subtle marine influence that develops in the glass, though I find the Troplong Mondot tasted alongside has more amplitude. The palate is medium-bodied and pliant with fine tannins and finesse. One bottle at the château had more weight on the finish than others that feel attenuated and missing a bit of substance.

drinking window 2029 - 2050

date of review 05/2025

95/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

This is a gorgeous Canon, with the austerity of limestone on full display, as you would expect in this vintage, but a creamy edge comes in through the mid palate. Clear precision, flesh pared from flesh, peony, peach pit, cherry stone, damson, blueberry, graphite, crayon, pumice, lemongrass, gunsmoke, this has tons of layers and waves of complexity, classical and balanced. 44hl/ha yield, organic certified. 3.35 pH. 49% new oak. Harvest 19 September to 9 October.

drinking window 2030 - 2042

date of review 04/2025

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