Descrição

O esplendor desta antiga adega regressa com mais força do que nunca neste Château Canon, cuja classificação de Saint Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classé é sempre justificada. Destaca-se pelo seu maravilhoso equilíbrio e classe.

Informações de produto

A adega
Château Canon
Tipo
Tinto
Colheita
2021
Álcool
14.5% vol.
Variedade
71% Merlot, 29% Cabernet franc
Origem
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

Prova

Vista
Cor vermelho cereja intenso.
Nariz
Aromas de frutos vermelhos, cacau e especiarias
Boca
Muito equilibrado, com notas frutadas, florais, herbáceas e fumadas.
Temperatura de servir
Recomenda-se servir a 16 ºC.

Vinha e preparação

Descrição
Vinhas com exposição sul-sudoeste.
Tamanho
24 hectares.
Idade
29 anos.
Solo
Arcillo-calcário.
Clima
Colheita em Bordéus marcada pelas geadas primaveris que causaram danos à vinha, mas que, graças a um verão favorável, resultaram em uvas escassas em quantidade, mas de grande qualidade.
Rendimento
40 hectolitros por hectare.
Colheita
A vindima manual ocorreu de 16 de setembro a 6 de outubro para a Merlot e de 30 de setembro a 8 de outubro para a Cabernet franc.
Vinificação
Encubamento por gravidade. Fermentação maloláctica em barricas novas (1/3 do vinho) e em depósitos de inox.
Envelhecimento
Estágio de 16 a 18 meses em barrica nova (50% do vinho).

Avaliação dos peritos

James Suckling:

Lots of crunchy red cherries and blue plums followed by violets, fresh sage and Christmas spices with baking spice and coconuts. Medium- to full-bodied with superb fine-grained racy tannins and beautifully refreshing acidity that gives an edge to it. Gorgeous finesse and elegance with harmony and precision. Delightful, too. Already drinkable but give this a few more years to come around. Try after 2026 and it should be beautiful for a long time.

The Wine Advocate:

The 2021 Canon opens in the glass with a pure bouquet of raspberries, cherries and plums mingled with pretty top notes of iris, licorice, mint and sweet spices. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's fleshy and sensual, with a deep and seamless core of fruit framed by ultra-refined tannins, a bright spine of acidity and a long, mineral finish. With an impressively low finished pH of 3.37, it was taken out of barrel a month earlier than usual and saw no fining—as has been the case since 2010.

Jeb Dunnuck:

A much more elegant, finesse-driven wine compared to Berliquet (which comes from the same team and a neighboring vineyard), the 2021 Château Canon reveals a ruby/plum hue as well as beautiful aromatics of ripe red and black fruits, scorched earth, graphite, and sappy flowers. It's nicely concentrated, has ripe, polished tannins, and flawless overall balance, all while playing in the more mid-weight, elegant, focused style of the vintage. It will benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age but drink nicely through 2041. The blend is 71% Merlot and 29% Cabernet Franc that saw one-third of the blend seeing malolactic fermentation in barrel and the élevage spanning 16-18 months in 50% new French oak. It hit 13.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.37. I was able to taste this on multiple occasions, always rating it between 93-95.