Canon vs. Duffau-Lagarrosse 2009-2020 tasted blind (Fribourg): Medium plus garnet, rich and ripe, very generous, beautiful aromas of ripe plums without being overripe. A very full throttle wine, dark chocolate on the finish with toast and caramel. Certainly plush but the package works.
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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 fruit of red and blue berries, dried flowers, elements of herbal infusion or herbal paste. On the palate a cooler fruit with grainy tannin. Lacking balance to an extent. Seems to have descended from the 10-years on tasting.
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Pop and pour, takes 2 hours to open up to reveal a terrific forward young nose of dark berries, plum, floral notes, hint of green. Full body, very concentrated, palate coating lush ripe fruit welk-balanced with acidity and fine tannins. Too young for any aged complexity. Long finish. Expect improvement over the next 5-10 years. Excellent-outstanding.
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An Exploration of 2009 St. Emilions (plus a few bonuses) (Los Olivos, CA): Served blind. The nose was quite offputting, either VA or Brett (or both?), kind of vegetal (think mushrooms and onions). Disjointed on the palate as well, rustic, textured and ungenerous, almost astringent. I was disappointed when the label was revealed, as this same bottling had shown beautifully 2-1/2 years ago, besting the Pichon Baron and Trotanoy served alongside it.
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nicely balanced nose of ripe black plumbs and cassis - full body of ripe sweet fruit - long 20-30 second finish - drinking beautifully now, but no way the drinking window is finished at 2020- give it another 3-5 years to fully develop the complexity that underlies the abundant fruit in this wine
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3/26/2024 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points
Canon vs. Duffau-Lagarrosse 2009-2020 tasted blind (Fribourg): Medium plus garnet, rich and ripe, very generous, beautiful aromas of ripe plums without being overripe. A very full throttle wine, dark chocolate on the finish with toast and caramel. Certainly plush but the package works.
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3/25/2024 - sirpat00 wrote: 89 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 fruit of red and blue berries, dried flowers, elements of herbal infusion or herbal paste. On the palate a cooler fruit with grainy tannin. Lacking balance to an extent. Seems to have descended from the 10-years on tasting.
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1/23/2024 - dbg wrote:
Pop and pour, takes 2 hours to open up to reveal a terrific forward young nose of dark berries, plum, floral notes, hint of green. Full body, very concentrated, palate coating lush ripe fruit welk-balanced with acidity and fine tannins. Too young for any aged complexity. Long finish. Expect improvement over the next 5-10 years. Excellent-outstanding.
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4/25/2023 - JonnyG wrote: flawed
An Exploration of 2009 St. Emilions (plus a few bonuses) (Los Olivos, CA): Served blind. The nose was quite offputting, either VA or Brett (or both?), kind of vegetal (think mushrooms and onions). Disjointed on the palate as well, rustic, textured and ungenerous, almost astringent. I was disappointed when the label was revealed, as this same bottling had shown beautifully 2-1/2 years ago, besting the Pichon Baron and Trotanoy served alongside it.
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3/14/2023 - Verb Likes this wine: 96 Points
nicely balanced nose of ripe black plumbs and cassis - full body of ripe sweet fruit - long 20-30 second finish - drinking beautifully now, but no way the drinking window is finished at 2020- give it another 3-5 years to fully develop the complexity that underlies the abundant fruit in this wine
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