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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.9 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 29 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Jan Torling on 2/26/2024 & rated 90 points: Hallon körsbär.järn viss kärv eftersmak ganska lång me tanniner Bättre efter luftning Kan lagras ytterligare perfekt till boef borginon (206 views) | | | Tasted by Thai Steve on 12/3/2022 & rated 95 points: What a surprise! How restricted and shy at nose it develops after some breathing incredible tastes of bluberries and especially cherries I am not used to at this extent, neither in St.Emilion nor in the rest of le Bordelais. With perfectly incorporated tannins it is like velvet at palate and a pure pleasure throughout the bottle...
A wine you can serve any lady you want to convince of your sommelier's proficiency - and more... (908 views) | | | Tasted by khmark7 on 7/19/2022: Soft, open, early drinking vintage. Drink now. (1096 views) | | | Tasted by ntucker@disnet.com on 2/14/2021 flawed bottle: This bottle was corked. (1858 views) | | | Tasted by johnh1001 on 5/31/2020 & rated 92 points: Soft and open right now. Young and primary. Black fruit, mocha, asphalt. Silky finish. (2496 views) | | | Tasted by SuperSomm on 4/21/2020: Deep ruby red colour. Medium (+) nose with black cherry, dark plum, blackcurrant, cedar, tobacco, vanilla, wet leaves and forest floor. Medium taste of black cherry, blackcurrant, dark plum, cedar, tobacco, vanilla and forest floor. Long and dry finish. Medium acidity. Medium tannins. Medium body. A very good St. Emilion that drinks well now and for probably the next five years. Goes well with beef or lamb. (275 views) | | | Tasted by bordeaux456 on 3/15/2020 & rated 90 points: Really nice wine from a difficult vintage. Opened and let it breathe for a couple hours before really getting into it. Very floral nose. I found this to be quite fruit forward (think red fruits like strawberry etc) followed by a little bit of oak. Medium finish. I don't really see this wine evolving through more time in the cellar, but I would be curious to try again in a few years.
90 (2172 views) | | | Tasted by I've Got Bottle (JP Abela) on 5/4/2019 & rated 89 points: Nez : intensité aromatique normale sur un fruit frais, pas d’une grande concentration. De la prune, de la mûre, de la cerise, des notes terreuses poussiéreuses, de mine de crayon, et un léger côté végétal.
Bouche : Attaque prudente sur des fruits rouges légers et de la prune. Le cœur de bouche est de corps moyen, prend un peu plus d’épaisseur par rapport à l’entrée qui était relativement « maigre » mais la trame reste fluide et soyeuse, la matière est d’une concentration moyenne. Notons que le fruit (fruits rouges, prune) montre une belle précision – ce qui rend le corps de bouche agréable et charmante. Il peut être bu dès maintenant.
Finale fluide, de longueur normale sur de la prune, de l’olive, des notes herbacées et quelques touches florales. Les tanins se resserrent très légèrement en fin de bouche.
Note : 15,75/20 i.e. 89/100 (2544 views) | | | Tasted by mlutsky67 on 12/25/2018 & rated 90 points: This is a great tasting wine, but far from a classic. The legs were quite long with some sediment in the bottle so be careful when decanting. A very muted taste of berries. I don't believe that this vintage has enough "strength" to improve much with aging. A very good wine in an "off" vintage. (2513 views) | | | Tasted by Andre Brattland on 2/22/2018 & rated 91 points: Vinen er laget på 70% Merlot druer, 25% Cabernet Franc og 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Druene er håndplukket og ikke presset. Fermentasjon på fat i 28-35 dager. Vinen er modnet på barriques i 16 måneder.
Vinen har vært ute på glattisen, greier å gjenvinne balansen, strammer seg opp og gir så en behagelig nese med cassis, bjørnebær og lett plommepreg. På paletten er vinen middels fyldig, men gir alt hva remmer og tøy kan holde i denne vanskelige årgangen med fine syrlige solbær, bjørnebær og et lett blyantpreg. Så kommer det litt grønne preget snikende da, men vinen forsøker å gjemme den unna og greier det såvidt. Vinen mangler litt frukt, men allikvel må jeg si jeg blir imponert over det ClG greier i denne årgangen altså. Utgangen er litt bittelitt grønn med lett toffe og brent sten som er med på å gi en bra smattende utgang. Imponert. 91 poeng. (3580 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 12/10/2017 & rated 90 points: Medium bodied, and ready to go, the wine can easily be described as gentle, with soft tannins and fresh, red fruits, there was a touch of olive and herbs in the finish, which will probably be exacerbated with age. So, drink this young and enjoy it for what it is, because it is not going to get better. (3812 views) | | | Tasted by PanosKakaviatos on 5/25/2016 & rated 88 points: Tasting Bordeaux 13-12-11-10 in Hong Kong (Visiting Vinexpo 2016, I finally tasted Bordeaux 2013s from bottle, plus earlier vintages): One of the best 2013s I tried at the Hong Kong tasting, as it has some mid palate weight, there is bright fruit, and charm. Nice job! (4805 views) | | | Tasted by vespasian on 4/29/2016: Shy, dark spectrum fruits. No lift or excitement; a perfectly nice drink but slight in comparison to other vintages here today. Light structure and fine tannins. Drink in the next 5 years or so. (2846 views) | | | Tasted by yofog on 3/20/2016: Nicely supple, forward fruit in a light and simple way. A gentle touch of toasty oak. Watery and astringent finish, and I don't think this is one to buy, but they made a good call in using a relatively light hand. (2933 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 2/18/2016 & rated 91 points: With aromatics kicking off with boysenberries, cherries, licorice, smoke and flowers, the wine is medium bodied, soft, forward and elegantly styled, finishing with sweet red cherries on the palate. (2677 views) | | | Tasted by aagrawal on 1/30/2016 & rated 87 points: 2013 UGC Bordeaux Tasting (Bently Reserve, San Francisco CA): Balanced nose and palate, fleshy fruit, very slight green on the palate; medium finish. Very nice. About 40% cabernet franc. 87-88 (1773 views) | | | Tasted by RajivAyyangar on 1/30/2016: UGC Bordeaux Tasting - 2013 Vintage (Bentley Reserve, SF): Open. Ripe. Good quality fruit but still on the underripe side. (1794 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 1/30/2016 & rated 90 points: Union Des Grands Crus de Bordeaux San Francisco. Nose of black pepper, currants, dusty earth and licorice, more of the same on the palate, big fruity taste, nice, medium/big body, drink next ten years, medium/long finish. $60 (1927 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 1/27/2016 & rated 85 points: UGC 2016 (Chicago, IL): There's more than a fair dose of oak on the nose and palate, as well as some darker fruit. It's reasonably rich and dense, but the oak juts out just a bit uncomfortably at this stage. (2127 views) | | | Tasted by jmcmchi on 1/27/2016 & rated 88 points: UGC Chicago
Attractive, fragrant nose. Green on palate. Cab franc does not seem comfortable in blend yet - needs some time (1124 views) | | | Tasted by johnh1001 on 7/6/2014 & rated 92 points: Not as soft as the l'Oratoire. More structure, dark fruit and black pepper. Spicy and dark on the palate. (3982 views) | | | Tasted by NostraBacchus on 5/15/2014 & rated 90 points: Tasted @ big Bordeaux tasting in Zurich. Nice aromatics of plum, smoke, dark chocolate, sweet spices. It's medium+ bodied with medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Great length. This is a nice mid-weight CLG for short- to mid-term drinking. (2607 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 4/28/2014 & rated 90 points: Chocolate-covered plum, brioche, espresso and black cherry scents get your attention. Medium bodied and soft, but lacking the depth of flavor that comes from Cabernet Franc in the blend, the wine will deliver pleasure early in life. Blending 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine reached 12.9% alcohol with a pH of 3.6. The yields were 10 hectoliters per hectare, which is the lowest yields since they declassified the wine in 1991. The wine is aging in 70% new oak. 90-92 Pts (1999 views) | | | Tasted by Yagil on 3/30/2014 & rated 88 points: 2013 UGCB En-Primeurs tasting opening evening & cocktail (Chateau Guiraud): red fruits aromas & flavours, typical but not special. (2319 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Winedoctor, November 2017 (11/1/2017)
(Château Canon-la-Gaffelière St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (1/26/2017)
(Ch Canon La Gaffelière St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, April 2016 (4/1/2016)
(Château Canon-la-Gaffelière St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (2/10/2016)
(Château Canon-La Gaffelière St.-Emilion, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Hemming, MW
JancisRobinson.com (10/13/2015)
(Ch Canon La Gaffelière St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, October 2015 (10/1/2015)
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Winedoctor, April 2015 (4/1/2015)
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Vinous, May-14, IWC Issue #174 (5/1/2014)
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Winedoctor, May 2014 (5/1/2014)
(Château Canon-la-Gaffelière St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Lawther MW
Decanter, Bordeaux 2013 results: St Emilion Premier Grands Crus Classes (4/9/2014)
(Château Canon-la-Gaffelière, St-Émilion, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Hemming, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/1/2014)
(Ch Canon La Gaffelière St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2013 Bordeaux: Walking the Tightrope (Apr 2014)
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Winedoctor, April 2014 (4/1/2014)
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| Château Canon-la-Gaffelière Producer website - Read more about Chateau Canon La GaffeliereRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanLibournais Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) - Read more about St. Emilion and its wines - Read more about Pomerol and its wines
Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC
In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984.
As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as:
- sales price levels
- national and international commercial distribution
- the estate's reputation on the market
Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville.
The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas.
By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case.
Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths B category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?St. Émilion Grand Cru Les Vins de St. Émilion (Syndicate Vitocole de Saint-Emilion) – Read about St. Emilion
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Soil: Sandy soils with alluvial gravel deposits
Surface Area: 4,160 ha |
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