{"product_id":"23-chateau-canon-st-emilion","title":"'23 Chateau Canon St. Emilion","description":"\u003cp class=\"lc-wine-review m-0 mb-4 last:mb-0\"\u003e“The 2023 Château Canon is an ultra-classic wine from this terroir offering textbook limestone-driven, black raspberry, floral, chalky, and spicy aromas and flavors. As always, it's not massive and is more medium-bodied, with a balanced, elegant mouthfeel, ripe, polished tannins, and no hard edges. It actually reminds me a little of the 2001 from this estate. It's a gorgeous wine that will evolve for 25+ years, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it drink nicely in its youth as well. Tasted multiple times.” - Jeb Dunnuck, Jeb Dunnuck (May 2024),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\"\u003e94-96\/100\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lc-wine-review m-0 mb-4 last:mb-0\"\u003e“A wine of classicism and reserve, the 2023 Canon is less overtly expressive than most recent vintages, keeping much of its personality in reserve. Nevertheless, I watched it grow considerably over the two weeks I spent in Bordeaux. Bright red-toned fruit, blood orange, mint and spice are some of the many notes that open in the glass. It is a wine that marries generous fruit with classical rigor. I won't be surprised if it shows even better with time. Tasted four times.” - Antonio Galloni, Vinous (April 2024),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\"\u003e94-96\/100\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lc-wine-review m-0 mb-4 last:mb-0\"\u003e“As I've written before, Château Canon was once something of a sleeping giant, but today it has well and truly reawakened. Extensive replanting between 1996 and 2003, overseen by Nicolas Audebert's predecessor, John Kolasa, saw some 50% of the estate's 22 hectares replaced. The fact that these vines are now arriving at full maturity surely goes some way to accounting for Canon's contemporary renaissance. Now, the team is working on restructuring the rest, combining massal selections and clones. Viticulture is thoughtful, with cover crops across the estate, and the terroir itself is relatively homogeneous: solid limestone covered by some 0.25 to 0.7 meters of clay, with a more or less uniform exposition on Saint-Émilion's plateau. There's also one small parcel in the town itself and another by Berliquet. Today, the vineyard is planted with about 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc, and there are no plans to radically alter that. Winemaking privileges finesse over power, though a certain richness and texture can be taken for granted with a site like this, and maturation is in 50% new oak (mostly from Taransaud, Demptos, Sylvain and Quintessence). Today, the focus is on increasing precision and refinement, rather than revolution. And well it might be, for why change a winning team?” - William Kelley, Robert Parker Wine Advocate (April 2024),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\"\u003e96-98\/100\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lc-wine-review m-0 mb-4 last:mb-0\"\u003e“Finesse and saline limestone character on full display, spiced plum, textural as ever, with finely boned architecture, in the line of great Canon vintages, with density to the black fruits and the mouthwateringly precise tannic grip and oyster shell salinity. 50% new oak for ageing, harvest September 6 through to October 4 (with Merlot going right through until the end, unlike many places, here they really waited). 45hl\/ha yield, in organic conversion. Tasted twice.” - Jane Anson, Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux (April 2024),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\"\u003e96\/100\u003c\/span\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eDrink 2030–2048\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CWH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48725082800360,"sku":null,"price":169.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/4901\/8807\/files\/images_64.jpg?v=1783641839","url":"https:\/\/shop.claytonwinehouse.com\/products\/23-chateau-canon-st-emilion","provider":"Clayton Winehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}