Château Canon - St.-Emilion 2005 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $225.00
| Producer | Château Canon |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2005 |
| Sku | 124402 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
Tasted at the Château Canon vertical the 2005 Canon is evolving into a quite gorgeous Saint Emilion. One can still discern those brown spices infiltrating the ripe red and black fruit. There is fine mineralité here great focus perhaps just a hint of dried blood that develops with time. The palate is medium-bodied with supple ripe tannin. It is a very complex Saint Emilion with immense purity and style a wine that you have to keep coming back to in order to understand. It's at that pivotal stage between primary and secondary notes the red and black fruit being overtaken by cedar morels and a touch of game. It gently lifts and fans out to a quite captivating finish. Dare I say that the 2005 Canon is the pick of the three over 2009 and 2010? There...I've said it...it is a quite brilliant wine. Tasted October 2015. Neal Martin
Wine Spectator: 93 Points
Shows a lightly roasted edge at first with raspberry and boysenberry confiture notes laced with melted licorice singed alder and firm graphite details. Reveals a fine chalky hint but this has more bass than treble overall. Still rather tight.--Non-blind Canon vertical (December 2016). Best from 2020 through 2030. 4200 cases made. ?JM Your Rating
Vinous: 90 Points
Full ruby-red. Sexy high-toned nose shows a very sweet maraschino cherry quality. Then juicy and energetic with a vinosity that almost comes as a shock following the nose. The subtle flavors of currant graphite and minerals linger nicely. -- Stephen Tanzer
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