2015 Chateau Canon

Bordeaux Blend Red

France / Bordeaux / Libournais / Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

$3,500
JD 98
RP 96
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Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé B

2015 Chateau Canon Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, France

LE 1ER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ

Canon’s wines reflect the huge rigour of the saint-emilion plateau. Freshness hones the huge voluptuousness. A pure, clean nectar that draws all of the minerality’s tension. A fine wine. The protruding power of the vine rooted in the rock.

PERSONNALITY

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.

THE TENSION & MINERALITY OF THE PLATEAU

This refined, slender and vertical vintage owes its balance to the sophisticated structure from the limestone soils.

VINTAGE 2015

The wine displays an intense crimson red hue. It is fresh and elegant on the nose with aromas of red currant and raspberry evolving towards spicy notes. On the palate, the wine speaks of the terroir. It is precise, vibrant and delicate. The tannins are fine and silky. They show a magnificent unctuosity and a smooth, soft texture, demonstrating the maturity of the vintage. The wine’s beautiful length on the finish reveals the elegant character of this wine.

WEATHER CONDITIONS
Winter: cold and dry
Spring: wet then sunny
Summer: very hot and dry
Autumn: mild with some showers
HARVEST TIME
Merlot: 14 to 25 september
Cabernet Franc: 30 september to 2 october
YIELD
42 hl / ha
AGEING
18 months with 70% new barrels
ALCOHOL LEVEL
14,5 %
pH
3,78
CHÂTEAU CANON BLEND
72 % Merlot
28 % Cabernet Franc
CROIX CANON BLEND
80 % Merlot
20 % Cabernet Franc
CHÂTEAU CANON SURFACE AREA
34 hectares
SURFACE UNDER PRODUCTION
31.80 hectares, including 12 hectares dedicated to Croix Canon from 2011
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
30 years
GRAPE VARIETIES
70 % Merlot
30 % Cabernet Franc
HARVEST
By hand and transported into small crates
SORTING
Manual selection
VINIFICATION
Separate vinification, by 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.
AGEING
In French oak barrel, with a medium or medium-long toasting. Racking via the bunghole.
Fining with egg whites, depending on the vintage.
JD 98

Jeb Dunnuck

One of the wines of the vintage is the 2015 Château Canon which is 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Franc that spent 18 months in 70% new French oak. It offers a perfect example of the old saying “iron fist in a velvet glove” and boasts gorgeous notes of black cherries, framboise, spring flowers and exotic spices. All these lead to a full-bodied, ultra-pure, seamless 2015 that marries incredible richness and depth with a sense of purity, elegance, and weightlessness that needs to be tasted to believed. This multi-dimensional, seamless 2015 needs forgotten for 4-5 years and will keep for three decades or more. Bravo! Reviewed by Jeb Dunnuck, Issue date: November 2017. Drinking window: 2022 - 2052.
RP 96

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Composed of 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Franc and aged for 18 months in 70% new and 30% one-year-old barrels, the 2015 Canon is boldly fruited with blackberry preserves, black cherry compote, fruitcake, mocha and plum preserves with suggestions of Indian spices, licorice and black olives. Full-bodied and packed with ripe, rich dried berries and exotic spice layers, it has a firm, slightly chewy structure and just enough freshness (the pH is 3.78), finishing long and savory. Give it another 2-3 years of cellaring to soften its edges and allow its flavor spectrum to fully emerge, and drink it over the next 20 to 25+ years. Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Issue date: Febuary 2018. Drinking window: 2020 - 2045.

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JD 98

Jeb Dunnuck

One of the wines of the vintage is the 2015 Château Canon which is 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Franc that spent 18 months in 70% new French oak. It offers a perfect example of the old saying “iron fist in a velvet glove” and boasts gorgeous notes of black cherries, framboise, spring flowers and exotic spices. All these lead to a full-bodied, ultra-pure, seamless 2015 that marries incredible richness and depth with a sense of purity, elegance, and weightlessness that needs to be tasted to believed. This multi-dimensional, seamless 2015 needs forgotten for 4-5 years and will keep for three decades or more. Bravo! Reviewed by Jeb Dunnuck, Issue date: November 2017. Drinking window: 2022 - 2052.
RP 96

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Composed of 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Franc and aged for 18 months in 70% new and 30% one-year-old barrels, the 2015 Canon is boldly fruited with blackberry preserves, black cherry compote, fruitcake, mocha and plum preserves with suggestions of Indian spices, licorice and black olives. Full-bodied and packed with ripe, rich dried berries and exotic spice layers, it has a firm, slightly chewy structure and just enough freshness (the pH is 3.78), finishing long and savory. Give it another 2-3 years of cellaring to soften its edges and allow its flavor spectrum to fully emerge, and drink it over the next 20 to 25+ years. Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Issue date: Febuary 2018. Drinking window: 2020 - 2045.

2015 Chateau Canon Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, France

LE 1ER GRAND CRU CLASSÉ

Canon’s wines reflect the huge rigour of the saint-emilion plateau. Freshness hones the huge voluptuousness. A pure, clean nectar that draws all of the minerality’s tension. A fine wine. The protruding power of the vine rooted in the rock.

PERSONNALITY

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.

THE TENSION & MINERALITY OF THE PLATEAU

This refined, slender and vertical vintage owes its balance to the sophisticated structure from the limestone soils.

VINTAGE 2015

The wine displays an intense crimson red hue. It is fresh and elegant on the nose with aromas of red currant and raspberry evolving towards spicy notes. On the palate, the wine speaks of the terroir. It is precise, vibrant and delicate. The tannins are fine and silky. They show a magnificent unctuosity and a smooth, soft texture, demonstrating the maturity of the vintage. The wine’s beautiful length on the finish reveals the elegant character of this wine.

WEATHER CONDITIONS
Winter: cold and dry
Spring: wet then sunny
Summer: very hot and dry
Autumn: mild with some showers
HARVEST TIME
Merlot: 14 to 25 september
Cabernet Franc: 30 september to 2 october
YIELD
42 hl / ha
AGEING
18 months with 70% new barrels
ALCOHOL LEVEL
14,5 %
pH
3,78
CHÂTEAU CANON BLEND
72 % Merlot
28 % Cabernet Franc
CROIX CANON BLEND
80 % Merlot
20 % Cabernet Franc
CHÂTEAU CANON SURFACE AREA
34 hectares
SURFACE UNDER PRODUCTION
31.80 hectares, including 12 hectares dedicated to Croix Canon from 2011
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
30 years
GRAPE VARIETIES
70 % Merlot
30 % Cabernet Franc
HARVEST
By hand and transported into small crates
SORTING
Manual selection
VINIFICATION
Separate vinification, by 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.
AGEING
In French oak barrel, with a medium or medium-long toasting. Racking via the bunghole.
Fining with egg whites, depending on the vintage.

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