Château Canon-La Gaffelière - St.-Emilion 2005 (750ml)
Price: $2016.00
Sale Price: $1814.00
| Producer | Château Canon-La Gaffelière |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St.-Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2005 |
| Sku | 124499 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Spectator: 94 Points
The mix of loganberry black currant and black cherry fruit has begun to shift into a secondary phase here but there is still ample vibrancy with a racy mineral streak and lively anise apple wood and floral notes. The long refined finish is still a touch tight. On the verge of hitting its stride.?Blind '01/'03/'05 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2017). Best from 2020 through 2035. 5750 cases made.
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
This fragrant lush seductive wine offers up plum Christmas spices and crème de cassis. This dense garnet/purple wine also has loads of blackcurrant and black cherry fruit terrific aromatics a full-bodied mouthfeel beautiful purity texture and a long long finish. Once again the Comte von Neipperg and his winemaking consultant Stéphane Derenoncourt have hit a home run in this vintage. This beauty is approachable if not drinkable already and should continue to evolve for 10-15 years.
Wine Enthusiast: 94 Points
"A successful wine from Canon la Gaffelière. It is in a modern style with very polished edges of fruit but the heart of the wine has a core of solid dark dry tannins. The wood gives spiciness but it is the black juicy fruits that impress."
Vinous: 93-94 Points
Bright full ruby-red. Knockout nose offers black raspberry coffee minerals flowers tobacco and nutty oak. Densely packed and vibrant with terrific energy to its tightly coiled flavors of dark fruits and minerals. Here too the quality of the cabernet franc is high. Finishes strong and very long with an explosion of dark fruits and flowers. An outstanding vintage for this property.
vStephen Tanzer: 92 Points
Medium red. Reticent aromas of red fruits, coffee, roasted meat and mocha; a bit low-toned today. Superripe, sweet and densely packed; large-scaled for a wine from this property but quite closed today, hinting at an almost roasted ripeness. Atypically deep cabernet franc here. Finishes with broad tannins and lovely floral lift, leaving behind a captivating violet perfume in the empty glass. Very unevolved wine, in need of a decade of patience and likely to merit a higher score at its peak.
