Château Canon 2022, St Emilion
IN BOND
Delivery 2025 - Last Case
Appellation - Saint-Emilion
Owner - Since 1996 it has been owned by Chanel, who also owns Château Rauzan-Ségla in Margaux.
68% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc
Second wine – Croix Canon (before 2012 Clos Canon)
Annual production – 100,000 bottles
Best vintages in the last 10 years - 2015 & 2016
TASTING NOTES
From an estate that is delivering its greatest run of vintages since the superb Post War series that preceded the frosts of 1956, the 2022 Canon is a magical wine that will be worth every effort to track down. Wafting from the glass with aromas of dark berries, wild plums and cherries mingled with hints of bay leaf, spices and violets, it's full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, with huge levels of concentration, vibrant acids and beautifully refined tannins. Concluding with a long, saline finish, this pure, perfumed and ineffably complete Canon is built for the ages, even if its structural polish is such that it will be approachable at a surprisingly early age.
99/100
William Kelley, Wine Advocate (266), April 2023
The 2022 Canon was picked from 30 August to 22 September and is matured in 50% new oak for a planned 18 months. It has a beautifully-defined bouquet with plumes of blackberry, raspberry and subtle violet flower scents. The palate is very fresh on the entry, announcing a relatively linear Canon. The limestone terroir seeps into every pore of this Saint-Émilion. This is one of the more intellectual and saline Canon wines in recent years. A triumph in such a hot growing season, elevated by its limestone soils. 2032-2075
96/98
Neal Martin, vinous.com, May 2023
Endless on the palate with plenty of umami character. So Canon in its nature with plenty of fruit and fine tannins, yet almost weightless. The structure is all there. Electric. Long, long, long. 75% merlot and 25% cabernet franc.
98/99
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, April 2023
