Community Tasting Note
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Jeff Leve wrote: 100 points
May 21, 2018 - Truffle, flowers, smoke, licorice, wet earth, dark plums and black cherry aromas reach your nose as soon as the wine hits the glass. Full bodied, sensuous and silky, the wine is deeply concentrated and also effortless to drink. The finish lingers for close to 60 seconds. This is a future legend in the making.
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12 Comments
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ESCO commented:
5/25/18, 10:06 AM - I have never tasted the '15 Canon , but have ordered it en primeur. I think I know the complexity of this question, but will this Canon be one of the great wines of this vintage in say 15 years ? Because I would really like to celebrate a special occasion at that time with a really great wine ....Otherwise I may be tempted just to drink it as I do other Bordeaux which is frequently but with real pleasure. Your wine notes are a constant source of reference for us in our wine travels.....thank you .
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Jeff Leve commented:
5/25/18, 11:53 AM - Thanks for the nice words. I would hope my note and 100 Pt score answers that question. If it matters, I bought it for my cellar as well.
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ledocq commented:
6/4/18, 9:20 AM - Jeff, I was lucky enough to get some of this during the campaign -- if you were to open one soon, how much of a decant would you give it? Or would bury it for a while?
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Jeff Leve commented:
6/4/18, 10:26 AM - If you have a full case, pop a cork, decant 3 hours or so and enjoy the wine. If you only have a few bottles, you should wait at least a decade or longer. It is a super wine. Enjoy!!!
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Shanegsnow commented:
6/12/18, 6:23 AM - Hi Jeff, out of curiosity, do you work for “the wine cellar insider”? I noticed your tasting note and score is identical. If so, I wanted to let you know I find your website very useful and informative.
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Jeff Leve commented:
6/12/18, 2:33 PM - I am the owner and publish of The Wine Cellar Insider. Thanks for the nice words!
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boillatm commented:
8/23/18, 2:10 PM - Well, I am not among the lucky (and clever) ones that bought this en primeurs. Based on the community's comments, it nevertheless seems that this is one of the wines of the vintage. Would you still advise buying a few bottles at current market price?
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Jeff Leve commented:
8/24/18, 10:23 AM - Bsinclair. Yes. Realistically, for a wine this good, it is not that much money, especially when you consider other wines at the same level of quality, which sell for a lot more money In fact, there are a lot of wine selling for more that are not nearly that good :)
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boillatm commented:
8/24/18, 10:33 AM - That's exactly what I wanted to hear, thank you.
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wren460 commented:
10/9/18, 6:10 PM - Hello Jeff, I congratulate you on your tasting notes, I am a big fan of yours. Just a question I hope you can answer since you already tasted both 15 and 16 Canon. The price right now is 50% less the 16 than the 15 and I want to buy for the long haul some bottles. Should I buy 6 of the 16 or 3 of the 15 ?
You rarely give 100 points and I must assume it is really something really great. -
Jeff Leve commented:
10/10/18, 12:07 AM - Wren... Oh, tough call. The wines are now vastly different in price and character. Why not grab 2, 2015, and 3, 2016 and compare over the years?
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wren460 commented:
10/11/18, 6:10 PM - Thank you for your answer.