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2023 Château Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Merlot (71%), Cabernet Franc (29%)
Not ready
Product: 20238008831
2023 Château Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

Blend: 71% Merlot; 29% Cabernet Franc.

Canon is now in its third year of organic conversion, and the focus on gentle extractions in the winery continues. Winemaker Nicolas Audebert has produced another stunning expression of St Emilion’s limestone côtes. The palate is layered with vibrant red fruits, violets and spice. Thanks to the limestone influence, the wine possesses a zippy tension and is framed by fine, chalky tannins. The finish is long and saline, with a mineral grip. This is another outstanding wine from Canon.

Drink 2030 - 2050

Our score: 18.5/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2023
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Merlot (71%), Cabernet Franc (29%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Canon

About this wine

Merlot

The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux and a grape that has been on a relentless expansion drive throughout the world in the last decade. Merlot is adaptable to most soils and is relatively simple to cultivate. It is a vigorous naturally high yielding grape that requires savage pruning - over-cropped Merlot-based wines are dilute and bland. It is also vital to pick at optimum ripeness as Merlot can quickly lose its varietal characteristics if harvested overripe.
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Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion

First officially classified in 1954, St-Émilion is one of Bordeaux's largest winemaking appellations, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux combined. Many of the region's finest vineyards can be found atop the steep limestone slopes of the village itself, although a fledgling band of garagiste producers are eschewing terroir to make small-batch, deeply-concentrated wines from their homes.
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Chateau Canon

Château Canon, a famous St.Emilion property is named after Jacques Kanon who bought the estate in 1760. Since 1996 it has been owned by Chanel, who also owns Château Rauzan-Ségla in Margaux.
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