1970 Château Canon

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  2/19/2024 - vagrantone wrote: flawed

  Terribly corked.

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  1/14/2024 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 94 Points

  First bottle out of a case.
  Very top shoulder fill, auction purchase. Label in dismal shape but suggesting excellent storage.
  Cork at the end of its life, but came out in one piece thanks to the Durant.
  Absolutely stunning nose, suggesting this wine is at its peak: still plenty of plum fruit remaining, tobacco, cedar notes, baking spices ( mostly cloves).
  Tannins almost entirely resolved, rich texture, great concentration , length and complexity. A textbook aged St Emilion from this often ( in US) overlooked estate.
  Will enjoy this over next 5-10 years.

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  10/20/2022 - Brolawa Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Dinner at Violet in Seattle. A beautiful wine that Chef William said he drank growing up. He enjoyed a glass with us and we all agreed that this had a beautiful “pre-Parker” style. Age subdued the fruit a bit, but the wine still had a beautiful balance and long finish of fruit, cloves and earth. There was oxidation on nose that initially had me worried; but it blew off after ~20 mins of decanting. I’m always careful about decanting these older wines but this wine only got better with time in the decanter.

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  7/16/2021 - SoundinBetween wrote:

  Evaluating New Group of Old Bordeaux: Medium ruby color, this was fresh and firm with a solid core of polished red fruits, spice, with a supple mouthfeel and fully resolved tannin. Nice but drink up.

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  12/16/2017 - Jason Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Still alive. Most likely past peak but still enjoyable. Nose of beef blood and some herb. Palate is thinner than some bottles. Fairly balanced but drink up.

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