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• Chrysostomus Likes this wine: 95 points

  May 3, 2024 - There is obviously some bottle variation. I had this many times over the last months but this one was the best! Could copy the not from the 8th Feb. 2023: glad to have a few more bottles in the cellar. This is how I like a right bank Bdx after 20 years! No barnyard, ready to go after 2 hours of slow ox in the bottle. There are dried red fruits (Cranberries?), tobacco, wood. It's all perfectly balanced and smooth, even some sweetness on the palate that puts some vertical pressure on it....Stunning for the price (55,.- at retailer)...Don't need to decant too much...was consistently great from hour 2 to 5 after slow ox in the bottle....

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• dan.rissin@7nine9.com wrote:

  April 28, 2024 - Great fruit. Really enjoyed.

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• Purple Tooth wrote: 92 points

  April 1, 2024 - Medium bodied St. Emilion that plays in the classic camp as it comes to its sub appellation. I really love what this producer has done over the years by staying true to Bordeaux, made by mostly Merlot. You wouldn't know it here, because this is graphite tinged, dry, elegant, and fully resolved with just a touch of Barnyard. Still fresh, but fully done evolving. In a good place with nowhere to go, this is a Drink if you have it. One left here...

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• wurzel68 Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 3, 2023 - Gut gereift über die letzten Jahre. An der Nase subtile Aromen von Beere, Schoko, Minze, Eiche. Die Tannine weiter abgeschmolzen und runder, insgesamt sehr weich. Guter Abgang. Nicht extrem komplex, aber gefällig.

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• honest bob wrote: 90 points

  December 2, 2023 - From 75cl, perfect cork, decanted 1 hour. Final glass best, once it had warmed up fully from cellar temperature (normally I prefer my Bdx a bit cooler, but not this one). Raspberry jam/underripe blackberry fruit and a little mint—no sign of the cinnamon/plum action I noted here on 26.02.2016 and 02.02.2019. Complacent, pleasant, well made for sure, but I don't think this will improve. Barely acceptable value for the 50€ paid en primeur, although a true right bank afficionado might think otherwise. 89(-90)P

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Château Canon-la-Gaffelière
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
• UPC Codes 3258691250373, 4000066963048

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• In Cellars 760 (60%)
• Consumed 509 (40%)

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