Château Canon

This is a historic wine from a very great year. It has kept remarkably well and has lost nothing of its intense character over the years. Its amazingly complex aromatic range offers notes of chocolate, cocoa and caramel. The wine is fresh and precise. It is outstandingly clean with a superbly long finish. This wine is the quintessence of French elegance.

This is a classic year. The wine is a superb, deep and almost amber red in colour. Its texture is tannic and lively yet smooth and velvety. The attack presents notes of walnut. This wine bears the hallmark of a great year and is both fresh and full of promise. Its complex bouquet evokes dark fruit, vanilla and chocolate.

The delicate, elegant nose offers aromas of leather and chocolate with roasted notes. The texture is ample on the palate with notes of cedar, acacia and orange blossom leading into smoked and toasted flavours. This distinguished and wonderfully precise wine is a delight to drink.

After slowly developing for over 85 years in the bottle, this wine presents quite exceptional balance. Its structure is perfectly balanced. The superb nose offers mellow notes of vanilla, followed by aromas of white truffle, gingerbread, honey and beeswax. The tannins are particularly fine on the palate, despite the wine’s remarkably thick texture. This is the embodiment of a very great wine, approaching Château Canon’s ideal of perfection. It is little wonder that this wine is considered to be one of the century’s four greatest vintages.

This millennium vintage, with its deep red colour, presents great maturity. The nose offers aromas of dried flowers and honey and the full-bodied attack reveals very subtle tannins. This is a generous, fleshy wine with a persistent finish.

This superb vintage demonstrates the great structure of the finest crus. An abundance of red and dark fruits lies behind an almost mineral attack. Its intensity comes through in powerful, vegetal notes, such as rhubarb. This characterful wine is dense and taut on the palate. It resembles the wines of 1928; the year’s great freshness can be perceived behind its still tight structure. It reflects the understated elegance of the archetypal gentleman. Magnificent aging potential.

Pale brick in colour, the wine is intense and complex on the nose. It is nicely structured with a balanced palate. The wonderfully long finish combines fruit and acidity.

Made in a year noted for its memorable and extraordinary weather conditions, this remarkable wine reveals tangy, tropical aromas of pineapple, papaya and gingerbread mingled with floral notes of jasmine and white flowers. Its power is underpinned by its natural acidity.

This wine is a fine deep red in colour. It presents highly complex aromas with great structure and tautness on the palate. Full of character, it combines fine acidity with a certain opulence, both qualities which signal an incredible year (without doubt the greatest since 1995). As the aromas develop, notes of spices, liquorice, gingerbread, violet and chocolate come through as well as floral, slightly minty aromas. This wine has indisputable appeal.

The attack is long, with an aromatic, complex, stylish and subtle bouquet. This wine is delicate with fine acidity offering fresh, floral notes, which develop beautifully into notes of leather and tobacco with a hint of underbrush. This is a mature and harmonious vintage which presents Château Canon’s characteristic minerality.

A pretty garnet colour with purple glints, this is a supple and seductive wine. It offers notes of red and dark fruits, spices and chocolate. Silky, well-integrated tannins give wonderful persistence on the palate. Its intense, smooth finish is a triumph.

This harmonious wine is both taut and unctuous. The nose is initially floral with a bouquet which mingles Provence rose with patchouli and peony. A burst of fruit with hints of spice leads into complex notes of nougat and cocoa. This very fine year holds great promise for future development.

An exceptional vintage in an unusual year. When we close our eyes, the wine transports us to the elegant living room of a large family home. The wine is charming on the nose, revealing smoky notes and subtle gunflint and flint aromas. Feminine and sensual on the palate, it reminds us of truffles, dried ceps, spices and rhubarb jam, with notes of quince. Its long-lingering aromas and flavours are like those cashmere cushions that you run your fingers over, while the fire crackles in the hearth. If only this moment could last forever!

First, we are presented with a lovely deep ruby hue. Then, we find delicate yet complex aromas on the nose: blackberry, cinnamon, almond, and floral notes such as linden. On the palate, there is freshness and very fine, smooth tannins. A straightforward and firm, yet full-bodied vintage which shows excellent cellaring potential

A delightful, charming year resulting in a sunny, unctuous and exuberant vintage with a dark purple hue. The wine is full and spicy and displays a lovely tannic structure and consistency. Opulent, with its fruity aromas, it shows a full-bodied, carnal character.

This is a classic year. The wine is a superb, deep and almost amber red in colour. Its texture is tannic and lively yet smooth and velvety. The attack presents notes of walnut. This wine bears the hallmark of a great year and is both fresh and full of promise. Its complex bouquet evokes dark fruit, vanilla and chocolate.

Unjustly underrated and less highly regarded than the previous wine, this vintage has nonetheless proved to be exceptional over time. Distinguished and delicate, it initially expresses aromas of blackberry and plum. Notes of liquorice and nutmeg then appear, revealing its body, persistence and intensity. Finally, creaminess dominates, supported by the spices. This precise and accomplished wine is one of the finest vintages of the last 15 years.

The delicate, elegant nose offers aromas of leather and chocolate with roasted notes. The texture is ample on the palate with notes of cedar, acacia and orange blossom leading into smoked and toasted flavours. This distinguished and wonderfully precise wine is a delight to drink.

An attractive deep red with plum tones, it offers the fine vegetal notes of lavender and mint specific to Cabernet Franc. The wine is well-balanced on the palate with harmonious length and also great freshness. Although the year was very hot, this wine has not yet shown signs of reaching maturity.

The attack is long, with an aromatic, complex, stylish and subtle bouquet. This wine is delicate with fine acidity offering fresh, floral notes, which develop beautifully into notes of leather and tobacco with a hint of underbrush. This is a mature and harmonious vintage which presents Château Canon’s characteristic minerality.

A pretty garnet colour with purple glints, this is a supple and seductive wine. It offers notes of red and dark fruits, spices and chocolate. Silky, well-integrated tannins give wonderful persistence on the palate. Its intense, smooth finish is a triumph.