Chateau Canon 2015 (750 ml)

100 bod. - James Suckling

Premier Grand Cru Classé iz St. Émiliona, berba 2015. Château Canon sastoji se od 72% Merlota i 28% Cabernet Franca. Nudi intenzivan buket izuzetne čistoće s mirisima maline, divlje jagode, krečnjaka i ljubičica. Ostavlja snažan utisak i bez sumnje će ostati upamćeno kao jedna od velikih berbi ovog imanja.

Na nepcu je srednjeg tijela, višeslojno, s živahnim crvenim i crnim voćem te predivnim mineralnim karakterom. Ima svježinu, tenziju i impresivnu strukturu koja će mu omogućiti dug i značajan razvoj kroz godine. Ovo imanje je u usponu u posljednjim berbama pod vođstvom vinara Johna Kolase, a sada Nicolasa Audeberta. Kada se ovakva stručnost spoji s izuzetnim godištem (kao što su 2015. i 2016.), Château Canon se ističe na nivou koji je gotovo neprevaziđen u St. Émilionu.

100 points - James Suckling

A Premier Grand Cru Classé from St. Émilion, the 2015 Canon is 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Franc.  If offers an intense bouquet of extraordinary purity with scents of raspberry, wild strawberry, limestone and violets. It makes a huge impression, and will no doubt go down in history as one of the great vintages of the estate.

The palate is medium-bodied and multilayered with vivacious red and black fruit and a lovely mineral quality. There is freshness, tension and an overarching structure that will allow it to age (and improve) for a very long time.  This estate has been in the ascendant in recent vintages under winemaker John Kolasa and now Nicolas Audebert.  When combines with top vintage conditions (as in 2015 and 2016), Canon delivers at a level virtually unmatched in St. Émilion.