Château Canon 2022, St Emilion

Appellation - Saint-Emilion

Owner - Since 1996 it has been owned by Chanel, who also owns Château Rauzan-Ségla in Margaux.

74% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Franc

Second wine – Croix Canon (before 2012 Clos Canon)

Annual production – 100,000 bottles

The 2022 Canon has turned out brilliantly in bottle. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of sweet raspberries, wild berries and cherries mingled with hints of violets, pencil shavings, black truffle and rose petals, it's full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a dense, enveloping core of fruit underpinned by a chassis of sweet, suave tannins, concluding with a long, saline finish. This is one of the most muscular, broad-shouldered vintages of Canon in recent years, but it retains every bit of its limestone-driven identity. As I wrote two years ago, this is an estate that is delivering its greatest run of vintages since the superb Post War series that preceded the frosts of 1956, and the 2022 is indeed reminiscent of a modern day version of one of those great years. 2030 - 2065
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate, March 2025