Chateau Canon 2013
Country
France
bottle size
750 ml
Wine Type
Red Wine
Wine Region
Bordeaux, Bordeaux - St. Emilion
Grape Variety
Merlot
vintage
2013 [**VINTAGE MAY CHANGE]
Alcohol
14%
characteristics
Body
Full
Full
Full
Acidity
High
High
High
Tannin
High
High
High
2013 [**VINTAGE MAY CHANGE]
Product Description
"The 2013 Canon has a light, crisp cedar and graphite tinged nose, perhaps Left Bank in style, muted at first but gently unfolding. It never lets go completely and you end up trying to eke out more by swirling your glass (to no avail!). The palate is well balanced with fleshy ripe fruit on the entry, structured but clipped and short on the finish, as if to say, that's enough. It is a well made Canon, even if former winemaker John Kolasa oversaw many greater vintages of Château Canon during his tenure."
wine score
92 points Wine Enthusiast
"Showing how Saint-Émilion came out well in 2013, this wine has ripe and juicy Merlot fruits topped with perfumed Cabernet Franc. Rich and structured, it's a wine for aging over the medium-term with its layers of tannins under the fruit. Drink from 2020."
89 points Wine Advocate
"The 2013 Canon has a light, crisp cedar and graphite tinged nose, perhaps Left Bank in style, muted at first but gently unfolding. It never lets go completely and you end up trying to eke out more by swirling your glass (to no avail!). The palate is well balanced with fleshy ripe fruit on the entry, structured but clipped and short on the finish, as if to say, that's enough. It is a well made Canon, even if former winemaker John Kolasa oversaw many greater vintages of Château Canon during his tenure."
Profile
Grape Blended
70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc
Palate
This dense, extracted wine has dark coffee and bitter chocolate flavors that are followed by wood and tannins. The fruit is still obscured, and may need many years for its dark character to e
Colour
The color is a healthy dark ruby/purple.
Aroma
The wine offers up great minerality along with floral, black-fruited characteristics.
Palate
This dense, extracted wine has dark coffee and bitter chocolate flavors that are followed by wood and tannins. The fruit is still obscured, and may need many years for its dark character to e
Wine Pairing
:Beef
:Lamb
:Hard Cheese
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