2010 Château Canon

Community Tasting Notes (65) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  5/5/2024 - trumpet60201 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  The nose on this was mostly oak - lacking nuance. On the palate, it was remarkably elegant and balanced despite the 15% abv. The fruit is very ripe, but not overripe for my palate, and it retained nice freshness. The finish is outstanding - with tannins supporting, but not drying things out. It's a very nice wine (I don't love the high abv, but I guess that's just the nature of 2010), but if I had more I would hold for another 10 years.

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  5/2/2024 - John McCabe wrote: 97 Points

  My last of these; I was a bit shocked at how good this was, considering my previous uneven encounters. This had breathtaking, ethereal fruit, that danced on the palate due to the beautiful acidity of the vintage. Everything was so vibrant and alive. I tasted this alongside the remnants of the '14 vintage which I had opened two days earlier. This was a significant step up from that vintage, which was a bit more earthy and withdrawn, but still held up quite well on day three. This struck me as a testament to how important it can be to have patience on these Bordeaux, for them to come around. I confess I typically open them too early.

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  4/2/2024 - Silver Thunder Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Aerated: 4hrs. As with other reviews: powerful, dark, rich, thick full bodied viscosity, fruit is subdued, needs more time. The structure is there just needs time to get to the level of maturity where subtle complexities will be prevalent. Will try again next year. Paired with: Gigot d’Agneau boneless roasted leg of lamb with brown butter flageolet beans.

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  3/26/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points

  Canon vs. Duffau-Lagarrosse 2009-2020 tasted blind (Fribourg): Dark ruby, expressive nose of blue fruit with dark cherries. Polished palate, caressing and rich, but stays pleasant. Not the last word on complexity but lovely and complete.

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  3/25/2024 - sirpat00 wrote: 90 Points

  Vertical of Canon vs Beasejour Duffau Lagarrosse (Fribourg): Vertical of Beausejour Duffau Lagarrosse vs Canon vs selected pirates 2005-2020. Main takeaways : i/ Canon trumps Beausejour overall, especially in more recent ones. ii/ Canon tends to be lighter-footed, more delicate while Beausejour is typically more extracted and ripe. iii/ St Emillion clearly struggles with the hotter vintages a few years on with 2005 the low-light, already exhibiting beef juice elements. iv/ best wines were Canon 2015 (95), 2019 and 2020 (94 each). Summary of wines and scores included in the tasting story.
  
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  Ripe red berry, decent level of extraction, floral top notes of roses, a bit of earth and leather, mineral layer of iodine. Fresh acidity, slightly chewy but otherwise soft tannins. However the fruit here felt slightly overripe and cooked. My impression was there’s not much farther to go here even though the structure would warrant more long term aging.

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