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95 Robert Parker
Tasted at the Château Canon vertical, the 2005 Canon is evolving into a quite gorgeous Saint Emilion. One can still discern those brown spices infiltrating the ripe red and black fruit. There is fine mineralité here, great focus, perhaps just a hint of dried blood that develops with time. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, ripe tannin. It is a very complex Saint Emilion with immense purity and style, a wine that you have to keep coming back to in order to understand. It's at that pivotal stage between primary and secondary notes, the red and black fruit being overtaken by cedar, morels and a touch of game. It gently lifts and fans out to a quite captivating finish. Dare I say that the 2005 Canon is the pick of the three over 2009 and 2010? There...I've said it...it is a quite brilliant wine. Tasted October 2015.<br/>
95 Robert Parker
Tasted at the Château Canon vertical, the 2005 Canon is evolving into a quite gorgeous Saint Emilion. One can still discern those brown spices infiltrating the ripe red and black fruit. There is fine mineralité here, great focus, perhaps just a hint of dried blood that develops with time. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, ripe tannin. It is a very complex Saint Emilion with immense purity and style, a wine that you have to keep coming back to in order to understand. It's at that pivotal stage between primary and secondary notes, the red and black fruit being overtaken by cedar, morels and a touch of game. It gently lifts and fans out to a quite captivating finish. Dare I say that the 2005 Canon is the pick of the three over 2009 and 2010? There...I've said it...it is a quite brilliant wine. Tasted October 2015.<br/>
94 Wine Spectator
Shows coffee, light toasty oak and milk chocolate. Full-bodied, with layered tannins and a woody, ripe fruit aftertaste. Rich, chewy and very powerful. Impressive. Gets better and better. Best after 2014. 4,200 cases made. ?JS
94 Wine Spectator
Shows coffee, light toasty oak and milk chocolate. Full-bodied, with layered tannins and a woody, ripe fruit aftertaste. Rich, chewy and very powerful. Impressive. Gets better and better. Best after 2014. 4,200 cases made. ?JS
17 Rene Gabriel
Tiefdunkles Granat, feiner Rand aussen. Intensives Rubin-Granat, lila Rand. Würziges Bouquet, Pflaumenton, Feigenkerne, Lakritzetouch. Saftiger, feinrassiger Gaumen, viel Brombeeren, geschmeidige Tannine, anmutiger Wein mit viel Charme, mittlerer Druck im Finale. Wird früh schon Freude machen. 07: Reife, rote Kirschen, die Frucht recht süss mit konfitürigem Schimmer, zeigt deutliche Vanillenoten. Burgundischer Gaumen, setzt auf Eleganz mit mittlerem Druck. beginnen (2013 - 2026)
17 Rene Gabriel
Tiefdunkles Granat, feiner Rand aussen. Intensives Rubin-Granat, lila Rand. Würziges Bouquet, Pflaumenton, Feigenkerne, Lakritzetouch. Saftiger, feinrassiger Gaumen, viel Brombeeren, geschmeidige Tannine, anmutiger Wein mit viel Charme, mittlerer Druck im Finale. Wird früh schon Freude machen. 07: Reife, rote Kirschen, die Frucht recht süss mit konfitürigem Schimmer, zeigt deutliche Vanillenoten. Burgundischer Gaumen, setzt auf Eleganz mit mittlerem Druck. beginnen (2013 - 2026)
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Château Canon
This quiet St. Emilion property located close to the centre of St. Emilion village is owned by the Wertheimer family, the owner of Chanel SA, who also own Château Rauzan Ségla in Margaux. Despite having a notable amount of Merlot (75%) in its 32 hectares of vineyards, it has a wine style different from many other St. Emilion estates in that its wines tend to be firm, chiseled and focused in their youth rather than voluptuous and round like many others. As a result, some feel that it has a more Médoc feel compared to its peers. It is also one of the best châteaux to access the incredible limestone caves that extend for over 70 hectares below the centre of the town. The limestone was originally extracted to build St. Emilion, Libourne and the neighbouring villages and the caves were used to hide both people and wine during World War II. Since the 1996 vintage, Canon's quality has gone from strength-to-strength following considerable investment by the family to modernise its cellars, replant and reorganise its vineyards and even add additional parcels from Curé Bon, a former neighbouring château.