The Château Canon of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru of Bordeaux

Château Canon
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
This estate is part of the Maison Chanel.
It is ranked in the top 23 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Canon is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Château Canon is a wine estate located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, France. It is considered one of the greatest classified growths of Bordeaux. The vines are grown on the sunny, rocky slopes found outside of the commune. The vines of Château Canon are among the oldest in the appellation, with an average age of over 30 years, and are cultivated over five hectares of land in an excellent location. Château Canon produces exclusively red wine, which is the perfect reflection of the precious terroir. The vines here are primarily planted with Merlot (50%), Cabernet Franc (40%), and Cabernet Sauvignon (10%) grape varieties. The vines are carefully maintained, and the soil is amended with wood debris residues to allow the roots to penetrate deeper. Château Canon also focuses on the cellar work, and the wine is aged in oak barrels for about 18-20 months. The style of Château Canon is rich and deep, revealing notes of ripe black fruits and round tannins, which become more complex and intense as the wine ages. The red wines are intense and complex, with aromas of black fruits and spicy and minty notes. The wines are elegant and fresh, with a long and persistent finish. In general, Château Canon is considered as one of the best classified growths of Saint-Émilion, and its wines are highly appreciated and sought after by wine enthusiasts.

Top Château Canon wines

Looking for the best Château Canon wines in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Canon wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Canon wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Canon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Canon

How Château Canon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef with mustard, lamb sweetbreads with white wine and sorrel cream or dauphine apples.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Canon

On the nose the red wine of Château Canon. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, blueberry or tobacco. In the mouth the red wine of Château Canon. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Canon

  • 1982With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1961With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.47/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1994With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1990With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Canon.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cheval Blanc or the Château Ausone produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dill or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, hay or honey.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 849 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, producing 1323 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

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Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

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