2023

Château Canon

Saint-Emilion AOP, 1er Grand Cru Classé B

Die Familie Wertheimer gilt als sehr verschwiegen, die Übernahme von Château Canon im Jahr 1996 jedoch ließ die Inhaber des Modehauses Chanel ungewollt ins Licht der Öffentlichkeit treten. Das Premier Grand Cru Classé B-Haus verfolgt mit einer extremen Selektion des Leseguts eine rigorose Qualitätspolitik. Der Grand Vin von Canon ist ein betont körperreicher Vertreter der Appellation Saint-Émilion.

PRESSE

99-100 Punkte James Suckling
"This is so elegant and sophisticated already, with a really electric presence and length that goes on and on. It's medium- to full-bodied with an intensity of tannins. It remains weightless and energetic. The pH is 3.41, making this a vivid and lively wine. Currant, orange and stone. Sea salt, too. The limestone soils created a unique wine here in 2023. A blend of 71% merlot and 29% cabernet franc."

96-98 Punkte Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (William Kelley)
"Wafting from the glass with aromas of mulberries and raspberries mingled with spices, rose petals, licorice and violets, the 2023 Canon is another brilliant wine from a property whose excellence can almost be taken for granted. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's seamless and concentrated, its vibrant core of fruit framed by sweet, powdery tannins and girdled by lively acids, concluding with a long, mineral finish."

96 Punkte Falstaff (Peter Moser)
"Dunkles Rubingranat, tiefer Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feine, attraktive Edelholznote, dunkle Kirschfrucht, zart nach Brombeeren, ein Hauch von Nugat, kandierte Orangenzesten. Saftig, komplex, elegant und harmonisch, zart nach Nelken, reife, runde Tannine, extraktsüßer Abgang, ausgewogen und anhaftend, ein finessenreicher Speisenbegleiter mit sicherem Reifepotenzial."

94-96 Punkte Vinous (Neal Martin)
"The 2023 Canon was picked from around 6 September to 6 October at 45hL/ha and matured in 50% new oak. It has a perfumed bouquet with pure black cherries and touches of cassis and violet. The oak is beautifully integrated. Perhaps if I have to quibble, it is not quite as complex as the very best recent vintages, but that's a high bar nowadays. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black cherry fruit laced with iodine, and veins of blue fruit. There is a sorbet-like freshness embroidered throughout this Canon, and it delivers a lovely cracked black pepper note on the finish. Excellent. Again."