Canon vs. Duffau-Lagarrosse 2009-2020 tasted blind (Fribourg): Dark garnet. Expressive nose. Rich, ripe fruit, pruney, cooked fruit. Extracted body, drying finish, overripe fruit confirms itself on the finish. I think they have tried to do more than the vintage could do. Not pleasant.
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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: Ripe and extracted, but also polished fruit of red cherry with darker accents. Pronounced top notes of violets. Nice mineral base of graphite along with wet earth. Grainy tannin, decent presence and moderately soft texture with good length finish. Gains in intensity with aeration. A decent 2011 for the estate and in fact one of the better showings of it in this line-up.
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Impromptu dinner blind tasting session at Auntie Sim Restaurant in Damansara Uptown, Malaysia. My bottle which I popped about an hour before dinner. Initial thoughts - declining but was told it could be in a sleeping stage. Re-approach after another hour - more fruits; plum, some blue fruit, tobacco & smoke but palate slightly thin with medium length finish.
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Tasted after 2020. Good structure and overall balance, less impressive and showy for sure. A little thin and drying, especially towards the finish. Good length. Drink or keep. 91-93
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3/26/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 87 Points
Canon vs. Duffau-Lagarrosse 2009-2020 tasted blind (Fribourg): Dark garnet. Expressive nose. Rich, ripe fruit, pruney, cooked fruit. Extracted body, drying finish, overripe fruit confirms itself on the finish. I think they have tried to do more than the vintage could do. Not pleasant.
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3/25/2024 - sirpat00 wrote: 93 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:
Ripe and extracted, but also polished fruit of red cherry with darker accents. Pronounced top notes of violets. Nice mineral base of graphite along with wet earth. Grainy tannin, decent presence and moderately soft texture with good length finish. Gains in intensity with aeration. A decent 2011 for the estate and in fact one of the better showings of it in this line-up.
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10/26/2023 - Romz Likes this wine: 91 Points
Impromptu dinner blind tasting session at Auntie Sim Restaurant in Damansara Uptown, Malaysia.
My bottle which I popped about an hour before dinner. Initial thoughts - declining but was told it could be in a sleeping stage. Re-approach after another hour - more fruits; plum, some blue fruit, tobacco & smoke but palate slightly thin with medium length finish.
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2/8/2023 - rossi.wine wrote: 92 Points
Tasted after 2020. Good structure and overall balance, less impressive and showy for sure. A little thin and drying, especially towards the finish. Good length. Drink or keep. 91-93
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9/3/2021 - neomarcel wrote: 91 Points
decanted cca 3 hours, long finish, still do not open
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