2009 Canon (750ml) (FUTURE ARRIVAL)

Your Price: $136.00

QUANTITY AVAILABLE: 12

Quantity:

ONLY AVAILABLE IN 12 BOTTLE ORIGINAL WOOD CASE, PRICE ABOVE IS PER BOTTLE

WINE IS DUE TO ARRIVE IN 2012

Vintage: 2009
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Chateau Canon
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Appellation: St. Emilion
Producer: Canon
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Libournais
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Tasting note: This is the best Canon since 1982, and it is possibly capable of eclipsing that legendary vintage. It has taken a while for the proprietors, the Wertheimer brothers (the owners of Chanel and the Margaux estate Rauzan-Segla) to get Canon back to its former glory. Yields in 2009 were 35 hectoliters per hectare, and the harvest occurred between September 28 and October 5. The blend is 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc, with a natural alcohol level of 14%. Dense ruby/purple and full-bodied, with terrific blueberry and raspberry fruit intermixed with spring flower garden scents, with extraordinary density, purity, and a multi-layered texture, this is a prodigious Canon with sweet tannins and lots of viscosity. It should drink well for 30 or more years. Bravo! (Tasted three times.) (93-95pts, Robert Parker)

Tasted: April 2010
Score: 93-95
Drink: 2010-2040

Tasting note: What a gorgeous nose, with sweet and delicate fruits such as sliced plums that turn to milk chocolate and flowers. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a long, long finish. You want to drink this right away. 75 percent Merlot and 25 percent Cabernet Franc (95-98pts, JS, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: April 2010
Score: 93-95
Drink: N/A

Tasting note: This vintage marks the return of Canon among the elite of St Emilion. This growth is distinguished by no aim for a humongous extraction but rather a unique taste of fruit and some subtle tactile nuances. Offering a fresh, fine, pure and very fruity nose, it performs silky, of classy touch and aromatic expressions. Its taste is that of well ripe red berries. Once again, it evokes me of the wines from the Côte de Nuits. It finishes very tasty over flower and licorice characteristics, with fine tannins. (91pts, Jean-Marc Quarin)

Tasted: Mar. 2010
Score: 91
Drink: N/A