2022 Chateau Canon - St. Emilion Grand Cru Classe

Decanter.com – 98 pts – GH: *A superb Canon in 2022. Supple, shiny, oh so charming, gorgeously sleek and well textured like pure silk but with density to the tannins that grips and coats the mouth, plus you know there's such power and concentration underneath in the waves of liquorice, stones, blackcurrant fruit. Extremely polished and charming. Vibrant, energetic, tense, and straight. It's not plush, more direct, but this wine thrills. Seamless and effortless, bright and energetic but with such a calm control and confidence. A stunning wine more for what it doesn't say than what it does in 2022. A yield of 45hl/ha. pH 3.5. 18 months ageing with 50% new oak. Harvest 30 August - 22 September.* - 04/2023

Falstaff Magazin – 98 pts – PM: *Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Reife rote Kirschen, Nugat und Lakritze, feines Edelholz, etwas Cassis, sehr einladendes Bukett. Komplex, reife Herzkirschen, feine Süße, integrierte, tragende Tannine, mineralisch-salzig im Abgang, zeigt große Länge, gute Frische, sicheres Reifepotenzial.* - 01/2023

WeinWisser – 19,5/20pts – GL, TW: *59 % Cabernet Franc, 41 % Merlot, pH 3.5, 45 hl/ha, 14.5 Vol.-%. 90 % der Weinberge liegen auf dem Plateau von St.-Émilion. Delikates feinsinniges Parfüm, frisch gepflückte Walderdbeeren, roter Johannisbeernektar, Preiselbeermus, betörendes Irisparfüm und Cassisblüten. Am royalen Gaumen mit einer Textur wie Samt und Seide, berauschender Extraktfülle, bleibt dabei straff und geradlinig, engmaschiges Tanninkorsett und ein perfekt definierter Körper. Im katapultartigen, nicht enden wollenden Finale rote und blaue Beeren, tiefschürfende Terroirwürze und erhabene Adstringenz. Dieser Wein gehört dieses Jahr zu den besten Weinen der Appellation: Bravo Nicolas Audebert!* – 04/2023

JancisRobinson.com – 18/20pts – JR: *75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc. All benefitting from the freshness of the limestone plateau. 18 months in 50% new oak including four tuns. Cask sample. This lovely wine really goes to the limit of unexpected freshness in 2022! Subtle and limpid and dangerously approachable. The lively calcaire note is very obvious. Clean and pure. Lots buried in there. Health juice/mouthwash. More lifted than the Rauzan-Ségla and less concentrated.* - 04/2022

Vinous.com – (96-99) pts – AG: *The 2022 Canon is elegant and sensual, with virtually no sensation of tannin. A wine with no beginning and end, Canon is totally seamless. All the Canon signatures are there, but woven together in an effortless, gracious expression of this site. It's the sort of wine that is about subtlety and nuance more than power. Dark red/purplish fruit, lavender, rose petal and spice caress the palate, but ultimately, Canon is above all else a wine of exquisite detail. Haute couture. Tasted three times.* - 04/2023

Vinous.com – (96-98) pts – NM: *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. Excellent.* - 04/2023

Thewinecellarinsider.com – (98-100) pts – JL: *Dark in color, the wine kicks open the door with its floral bouquet. From there, you find in the perfume, crushed stone, red fruits, licorice, spice, and wild cherries. On the palate, the wine is perfectly balanced between elegance and finesse on one side, and silky, fresh, sexiness and sensuality on the other side. The fruit shows a remarkable sense of purity. There are no hard edges. The finish is seamless. This is the best vintage since 2015. And in time, it could even be better! Drink from 2027-2060.* - 05/2023