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2020 Château Canon 1er Grand Cru Classé B

€ 213,00 NO VAT (private collection)

The 2020 Canon is very succinct on the nose, beautifully defined with extraordinarily pure red fruit laced with pressed violet and iris flower. The oak is perfectly integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, fresh and almost citric, very vibrant and precise with a quite peppery finish. God made wine so that it can taste as good as this. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

Neal Martin. Tasting date: January 2024   98 pts
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Château Canon offers a masterful, full, direct personality. The opulence of the fruit creates tension with the mineral freshness. A game of light and shadows between the quarries and the plateau. Reflecting the vineyard’s density of sunlight.

Indomitable fullness. A favourite. Ageing potential.

 2020 VINTAGE

This wine opens up with earthy, slightly peaty notes before giving way to aromas of cedar. A few swirls in the glass release an explosion of fruity aromas and reveal a fluid, ethereal and almost weightless nose, a sign of its remarkable complexity. The splendour of the vintage truly comes into its own on the palate with its rich attack and juicy, creamy overtones yet without the slightest hint of heaviness. Quite the contrary, this richness actually elongates the palate with notes of ripe fruit, raspberries and morello cherries. It also has this long, precise salinity to it which structures the finish. A lively, mineral touch from the limestone plateau adds the finishing touches and brings the wine’s freshness back to the forefront.

THE VINTAGE

CHÂTEAU CANON BLENDING

68% Merlot

32% Cabernet Franc 

GRAPE VARIETIES PLANTED

67% Merlot

33% Cabernet Franc 

HARVEST

By hand and transported in small crates

SORTING

Manual selection

VINIFICATION

Separate vinification, vatting using gravity, into conical shaped stainless steel vats with a double walled system for temperature control. Malolactic: 1/3 in new barrels and 2/3 in stainless steel vats.

SURFACE AREA

24 hectares dedicated to Château Canon, 1er Grand Cru Classé 10 hectares dedicated to Croix Canon, 2nd wine of Château Canon

SOIL

Clay-limestone plateau

EXPOSURE OF THE VINEYARD

South/Southwest

DENSITY OF PLANTATION

Between 6,500 and 7,200 plants/ha

AVERAGE AGE OF THE VINES

28 years

AGEING

In French oak barrel, with a medium or medium-long toasting

Additional information

Vintage

2020
Begin consume

2031
End Consume

2053
Size

750ml
Color

Red
Variety

Red Bordeaux Blend
Closure

Cork
Alcohol % vol.

12,5 to 13,5%
Category

Dry
Producer

Château Canon
Designation

Unknown
Vineyard

Unknown
Country

France
Region

Bordeaux
Sub-Region

Libournais
Appellation

St. Émilion Grand Cru
Typification

Private (Wine from a private collection – invoice without VAT)
SKU 3989723
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