The Château Canon La Valade of Canon-Fronsac of Bordeaux

Château Canon La Valade - Canon-Fronsac
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 23 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Canon-Fronsac in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Canon La Valade is one of the world's great estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Canon-Fronsac to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Canon La Valade wines

Looking for the best Château Canon La Valade wines in Canon-Fronsac among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Canon La Valade 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 La Valade wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Canon La Valade

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Canon La Valade

How Château Canon La Valade wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of barbecue burger, pasta with merguez or forest rabbit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Canon La Valade

  • 2003With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Canon-Fronsac

The wine region of Canon-Fronsac is located in the region of Libournais of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Paul Barre or the Vignoble Millaire produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Canon-Fronsac are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Canon-Fronsac often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus fruit or game and sometimes also flavors of cinnamon, fig or dark fruit.

In the mouth of Canon-Fronsac is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 71 estates and châteaux in the of Canon-Fronsac, producing 133 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Canon-Fronsac go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

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Planning a wine route in the of Canon-Fronsac? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Canon La Valade.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Canon La Valade and wines from the region

Rare Lafite 1887 magnum tops £22,000 in Sotheby’s auction

A magnum of Lafite Rothschild 1887 sold for £22,500 ($28,300) at a Sotheby’s auction of ‘vinous treasures’ spanning nearly 200 years. The wine, held in storage with Octavian group in Wiltshire, had a pre-sale high estimate of £18,000. A single bottle of Château d’Yquem 1831 sold for £27,500 (pre-sale high estimate: £20,000). Another bottle of Yquem, from the 1896 vintage, sold for £15,000, tripling its pre-sale high estimate. ‘An extraordinary wine from a very great Sauternes vintage,’ said Sere ...

‘Exceptional’ Lafleur 2021 released en primeur

Château Lafleur 2021 was released in the Bordeaux en primeur campaign this morning (27 May) at the equivalent of £6,508 (12x75cl in bond), according to Liv-ex. This sought-after Pomerol label, produced from a vineyard of just 4.5 hectares, is often sold in smaller quantities and sometimes only on allocation. UK merchant Justerini & Brooks was offering three-bottle cases of Lafleur 2021 for £1,627 in bond at the time of writing. Decanter’s Georgie Hindle gave Lafleur 2021 97 points, naming it ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Aging on lees

Maturing on the lees enhances the stability, aromatic complexity and texture of white wines, which gain in body and volume. This phenomenon is induced by autolysis, the process of self-degradation of the lees.

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