Château CANON 2021

Description

Yves Beck 96-98 points www.yvesbeck.wine

Dégusté le 11.04.2022 par Yves Beck

79% Merlot, 21% Cabernet Franc

D’une exceptionnelle élégance, le bouquet de Canon cumule subtilité et pluralité. De bonne expression fruitée grâce à des effluves de baies noires, il affiche également des notes de réglisse et d violettes. De très bonne densité en bouche, il dispose de tannins crémeux et porteurs, parfaitement en phase avec une rafraîchissante vivacité. Quelle haute-résolution en pixels où clarté, fraîcheur et ampleur soulignent l’éclat et le charme de ce vin.  2027-2051

Jean-Marc Quarin 95 points www.quarin.com
Couleur sombre, intense et pourpre. Nez très aromatique, pur, au fruité mûr. Caressant à l’attaque, très fruité en milieu de bouche, avec un joli goût de fruits et de fleurs, le vin tient en finale, savoureux, fondant, long, avec une minutie tactile fascinante dans le déroulé. Assemblage : 71 % merlot, 29 % cabernet franc. Degré d’alcool : 13°5 – pH : 3,37. Rendement : 40 hl/ha.

Antonio Galloni 95-97 www.vinous.com
Dramatic, rich and imposing, the 2021 Canon is shaping up to be one of the wines of the vintage. Sculpted red purplish fruit, rose petal, lavender, sage and crushed rocks all race out of the glass. A heady, vertical wine, Canon is endowed with tremendous concentration and class. The aromatics alone are beguiling, but it is the wine’s balance that impresses most. Tasted three times. This is such an elegant and regal wine.

Georgina Hindle 96 points  www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 01 Apr 2022)
Dark chocolate, perfume, violets, wild flowers and bramble berries on the nose, so much going on aromatically. Lovely succulence straight away, the bright acidity giving a mouthwatering effect and really delivering in terms of vibrant and lively fruit forwardness but with these lovely edges of graphite, slate, bitter chocolate, cream and salinity. So elegant and so refined as well as super stylish. I also love the cooling menthol Cabernet aspects you get all the way through and on the long finish. This has real class, but also an effortless quality to it that is so remarkable. One of the most memorable wines of the vintage! 3.37pH. Both Canon, Rauzan-Segla and Berliquet are excellent achievements this year.

William Kelley 94-96 points www.erobertparker.com
A brilliant wine in the making, the 2021 Canon offers up aromas of cherries, wild berries, licorice, sweet soil tones, raw cocoa, Indian spices and rose petals. Medium to full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it’s immensely refined and seamless, with a lively spine of acidity, ripe tannins and a long, penetrating, intensely saline finish. This beautifully balanced Canon is one of the classiest, most complete wines of the Right Bank in this vintage. Tasted four times.

Neal Martin 92-94 www.vinous.com
The 2021 Canon was picked September 16 to October 6 and matured in 50% new oak for a planned 16–18 months. Around 70% of the vineyard produced the normal yield, which underwent a 50% deselection, yet it still yielded 40hL/ha because the vines did not suffer stress. After mildew, any bunches that showed damage on the stems were removed. Nicolas Audebert told me that there was no concentration or saignée, just a little chaptalization (around 0.5–1.0%, depending on the tank). This has quite a concentrated bouquet of opulent dark cherries, blueberry, violet and just a hint of camphor. The palate is medium-bodied and pliant, with gentle grip, saturated tannins and a judicious touch of spice toward the compact finish. While recent top-flight vintages may well eclipse this Canon, it still stands as a fine addition to the recent roster.