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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.7 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 88 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by yjall on 5/4/2024 & rated 93 points: Perfect timing to consume. (434 views) | | | Tasted by cubswinws on 4/8/2024 & rated 92 points: Lovely wine that now seems in its prime drinking window. (955 views) | | | Tasted by Nutty08 on 3/31/2024 & rated 94 points: Solid, and better balanced than a recent '05. Still a darker ripe wine, with black currant profile that's powerful but retains a sense of elegance and nuance. Lovely velvety mouthfeel. Finishes with a spice character that adds to the depth. Showy, more of a merlot profile at this time. None of the roasted over extracted notes I got from the '05. (1088 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 3/26/2024 & rated 93 points: Canon vs. Duffau-Lagarrosse 2009-2020 tasted blind (Fribourg): Discrete nose of pine, earthy elements, restraint structure marries ripe fruit. More a long distance runner than the Duffau 2009 next to it. Could add a point from here with more bottle age. 93+ (1525 views) | | | Tasted by sirpat00 on 3/25/2024 & rated 83 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.
Tasting note:
Extracted and very ripe fruit with roasted coffee notes. Only hints of, but still perceptible, Maggi notes. Not consistently at first, but becoming more dominant with time. The palate felt disjointed, incredibly drying tannin - to an extent it‘s hard to keep the juice in the mouth. The low light of the Canon line-up. (773 views) | | | Tasted by DrBad on 12/23/2023 & rated 94 points: Enjoyed for holiday dinner along with a '94 Beringer Reserve and prime rib. Decanted for 2+ hours, this was a very nice wine but I feel it needs more time to really come into its own. Rich and full-bodied with a complex mix of plum, blackberry and other dark fruits. Will wait 5 years for my next one. (1795 views) | | | Tasted by baxter67 on 12/11/2023 & rated 97 points: Outstanding. Blackberries and violets on the nose, medium to full bodied with plums and cigar box. Silky tannins, beautiful balance. Long finish. Right in the drinking window with a long life ahead. ***** (1926 views) | | | Tasted by JonnyG on 4/25/2023 & rated 96 points: An Exploration of 2009 St. Emilions (plus a few bonuses) (Los Olivos, CA): Served blind. A restrained nose showing hints of dark fruits and a slightly yeasty note which blew off with time. Dense and complex, displaying blackberry and raspberry notes, some cigar box and spice. Balanced and energetic. Very approachable, but I am optimistic it will develop positively from here. (3600 views) | | | Tasted by Jhalpern27 on 4/10/2023 & rated 93 points: Quick 30 min decant. Needed another 30 min in glass to really open up from 375. Will wait on my remaining bottles. I think it will improve. (2863 views) | | | Tasted by JGinMO on 3/30/2023 & rated 94 points: Decanted 30 before drinking over 2 hrs. Fantastic experience and still improving IMO. Well structured, great secondary flavors. (2759 views) | | | Tasted by Winemaker51 on 12/4/2022 & rated 95 points: Very dark, ruby color. Decanted for 30 minutes; which was enough time for fireworks to start. Lots of plumb Asian sauce; boysenberry and black cherry fruit; interlaced with beguiling limestone minerality with oak in the background. Rich, but not excessive heat (as I was expecting) with balanced tannins that paired well with steak and pasta with Bolognese Sauce. Was pleasantly surprised the overripe ness of Right Bank 2009’s weren’t there. Yes, more dark fruited; but I believe Canon managed to harvest prior to shriveling. (3306 views) | | | Tasted by jgreco on 10/4/2022 & rated 94 points: From a 375. The nose is quite elegant with licorice, dark fruits, mocha, and cigar box. A soft and elegant body. Salt and mocha finish. Will check in on a 750 in a few years. (2556 views) | | | Tasted by rmalloy on 8/1/2022 & rated 94 points: Damn good. (3171 views) | | | Tasted by Condrieu82 on 6/19/2022 & rated 93 points: Ruby color, medium body, color started softening at the edges. Nose is not super fragrant but gives out notes of plums, menthol, some oak. Well-balanced with good acidity, generous plum notes, licorice, menthol, moka. Someone described it as saline. I would agree. Tannins are soft, oak and vanilla give nice notes to the medium+ ending. This Canon was a great wine (decanted 1.5h), with still a long life ahead and development potential given the still muted tertiary notes. Paired perfectly with a tomahawk steak. (3129 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 5/30/2022 & rated 93 points: Not quite as opulent as many wines from 2009, here, the wine focuses on its floral and ocean nose, along with nuances of sweet, red cherries, and plums with a hint of licorice. Soft, bright, and fresh, with soft tannins and a long, red fruit and salt-packed finish, this is just now starting to be fun to taste. But its best days are in the future. (5239 views) | | | Tasted by rraaffaa on 8/15/2021: Big, red and dark fruit, cassis, a bit of cigar box -- a tad too alcoholic for me when first open. This is a massive wine, and for my taste it started to get good at around 3 hours of decant. It'll probably benefit from more time in bottle, so I might save my other 2 bottles for a bit. (5469 views) | | | Tasted by Akadish36 on 8/4/2021 & rated 95 points: Raspberry predominant flavor to me.
Smooth, long, elegant finish (5041 views) | | | Tasted by wineappreciation on 7/16/2021 & rated 93 points: Raspberry, cranberry, gravel; rich and substantial, and yet also with an element of being lightly soaring, with a slowly building texture, and then a very long gradual finish; excellent
After 2 Hours: Blackberries and cassis emerging; richer, bolder, still textured, but less elegant than upon opening
After 4 Hours: Boysenberry and more muted on the nose; on the palate it is subtler, more integrated, somewhat more elegant again, but still, at this stage in the wine’s development, it was most pleasing upon opening (4521 views) | | | Tasted by NEducatedGes on 7/6/2021 & rated 96 points: Amazing earthy nose, long, long smooth tannic finish! Superb. Yes few more years and will add depth but ready to drink now as well. (4390 views) | | | Tasted by Acalder9 on 6/21/2021 & rated 97 points: Smooth, long finish. Really drinking well now. (4339 views) | | | Tasted by John McCabe on 4/29/2021 & rated 96 points: Similar to previous notes, this was big and brooding but also had subtlety in its own way. Reminds me a bit of the '09 Haut Bailly I had recently though this is a little more backward and Haut Coture vs. the more decadent Haut Bailly. (3565 views) | | | Tasted by LiteItOnFire on 3/20/2021 & rated 91 points: No notes. Splash decant and then left in the decanter for another hour (last sip 1.5 hours). Hmm could this have used a longer decant- yes. Will this wine become a favorite, no. A good wine but not great which was a disappointment considering how much I loved the more recent vintages. This does reinforce how excited I am to get a bit of age on the ‘15. ‘16, ‘18, ‘19 as they will become stellar. All in all a nice wine. (4298 views) | | | Tasted by felixp on 3/18/2021 & rated 97 points: continues on it's merry way. Marvellous wine, fresh, beautiful detail, complex and long. Will continue to develop, but it is in a beautiful place right now. (3495 views) | | | Tasted by s204460 on 12/25/2020: Very good! (3716 views) | | | Tasted by dtalese on 11/4/2020 & rated 92 points: Buy again (3930 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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| Château Canon Producer website | Read more about Chateau CanonRed 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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