Community Tasting Notes 24

• dream Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 18, 2019 - In contrast to the ‘05 tasted alongside, this vintage is more streamlined and minerally with a sleak texture and very silky but still firm tannins. Delicious flavors of charcoal and smoky blackberries with plenty of balancing acidity. Like many right bank ‘98’s this has a ways to go yet and is still closed for business. 92+

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• CarpeDiem! Likes this wine: 90 points

  June 23, 2018 - A wine that has come a long way, to offer much pleasure today. Charming nose, with lots of fine cask notes, leather and garrigue. Medium bodied, elegant Libournais, with ripe blackberry, licorice, caramel, leather and a nice sweet finish. Some residual acidity probably owed to the year but a very enjoyable Saint Emilion.

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• Papies wrote: 90 points

  March 9, 2018 - A good hour of decanting here but did very little.
  This wine has all the hallmarks of a great wine barring an expressive nose , and thus fails to sing. It is as if the 98 vintage with its ripeness has weighted this wine down and prevents it from singing. Or maybe it's still very much in its youth and will need another 10 years ( would not bet against it) . For the moment however it does not live up to expectations and the price tag. 90 and wait pls and pray.

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• fizz wrote: 90 points

  December 29, 2016 - Decanted. Needed an hour or so to open up. Dark core with minimal briacking. Black fruits, cedar, hint of smoke and graphite. The palate is still bold, fairly dense. Would have like to have seen more complexity here.

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• Levantine wrote:

  August 10, 2016 - second to last bottle and drinking beautifully
  mushrooms and
  well structured and balanced
  lovely

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Red
• Producer Château Canon
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Libournais
• Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru

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• In Cellars 249 (69%)
• Consumed 113 (31%)

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