Château Canon
St-Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classé 2014
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£650.00
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| Style: Red | Drink from: 2023 |
| ABV: % | Drink to: 2045 |
| Packaging: OWC | Stock arriving: In Stock |
Critic scores
94 RP, 95 NM, 94+ AG, 96 JS, 16.5 JR, 95 JA, 92 DC, 92+ JD
Critic reviews
"The 2014 Canon has a very well-defined, precise bouquet with ebullient raspberry and wild strawberry scents infused with minerals. The aromatics here are utterly captivating. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and very well-judged acidity. There is tension and poise to this Saint Emilion, gently fanning out with a delicate spicy finish that lingers long in the mouth. Though surely destined to be over-shadowed by the extraordinary 2015, this Canon deserves a berth in your cellar."
Neal Martin, March 2017
"The 2014 Canon has an intense bouquet with blackberry, raspberry, briary and light tobacco scents, gradually gaining more precision with aeration yet remaining classic in style. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity, harmonious and poised with a structured yet precise finish that is pure class. Perhaps you might argue that it lacks some charm at this early stage but at the same time, I am fascinated to see how it will age. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting."
Neal Martin, February 2018
"The 2014 Canon is delicate, polished and restrained, with striking aromatic presence, silky tannins and exceptional length, all of which reinforce an impression of total finesse. Not an obvious wine, the 2014 will need time to fully come together and perhaps flesh out a little more. Even so, it is quite pretty and expressive in the early going. This is the last vintage overseen by John Kolasa, who, among other things, laid a foundation at Canon that sets the property up brilliantly for the future. Tasted three times."
Antonio Galloni, February 2017
"Deep plum colour, with peaty, smoky depths on the nose. You can drink today if you enjoy richer fruit flavours but it has the potential to age further and develop complex tertiary aromatics over the next few decades. Great stuff, soft cocoa bean and dried herb spices, then as it opens the tannins soften and elongate. 36hl/h yield, 80% new oak, 3.7ph, harvest September 29 to October 9. John Kolasa's last vintage."
Jane Anson,July 2021
"Still quite blue but less intense colour than the 2015. Mild, muted nose without real insistence. Mild mannered. Everything in the right place and just a little sinewy."
Jancis Robinson, May 2018, JancisRobinson.com
Neal Martin, March 2017
"The 2014 Canon has an intense bouquet with blackberry, raspberry, briary and light tobacco scents, gradually gaining more precision with aeration yet remaining classic in style. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity, harmonious and poised with a structured yet precise finish that is pure class. Perhaps you might argue that it lacks some charm at this early stage but at the same time, I am fascinated to see how it will age. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting."
Neal Martin, February 2018
"The 2014 Canon is delicate, polished and restrained, with striking aromatic presence, silky tannins and exceptional length, all of which reinforce an impression of total finesse. Not an obvious wine, the 2014 will need time to fully come together and perhaps flesh out a little more. Even so, it is quite pretty and expressive in the early going. This is the last vintage overseen by John Kolasa, who, among other things, laid a foundation at Canon that sets the property up brilliantly for the future. Tasted three times."
Antonio Galloni, February 2017
"Deep plum colour, with peaty, smoky depths on the nose. You can drink today if you enjoy richer fruit flavours but it has the potential to age further and develop complex tertiary aromatics over the next few decades. Great stuff, soft cocoa bean and dried herb spices, then as it opens the tannins soften and elongate. 36hl/h yield, 80% new oak, 3.7ph, harvest September 29 to October 9. John Kolasa's last vintage."
Jane Anson,July 2021
"Still quite blue but less intense colour than the 2015. Mild, muted nose without real insistence. Mild mannered. Everything in the right place and just a little sinewy."
Jancis Robinson, May 2018, JancisRobinson.com
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