2012 Château Canon, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Red • Dry • Full Bodied • Merlot

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Code: 20120600750008008831

Description

Under John Kolasa, this is an Estate that has really ramped up the quality in recent years, and 2012 is no exception. It shows a silky, seductive nose, with a core of cherry and red currant fruit, surrounded by higher toned notes of violets, autumn leaves and that toasty mocha edge. The seduction continues on the palate with sweet fleshy Merlot fruit coated by fine tannins and toasty spice notes from the oak. There is a freshness, energy and overall balance that really impresses in 2012. It is certainly one of the more successful wines from St Emilion this year.

Hong Kong Fine Wine Team

I love the weight to this wine thanks to the soft and buttery Merlot and 30 year old vines. The fruit is succulent with a richness we have come to expect from Chateau Canon. Patience is required but you will be rewarded with elegance, freshness and a brightness of fruit. 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Franc.

Laura Atkinson, Private Account Manager

Colour

Red
Sweetness

Dry
Vintage

2012
Alcohol

14%
Grape

Merlot
Body

Full Bodied
Producer

Château Canon

Critics reviews

James Lawther MW

17.5/20

Beautifully poised wine. Fresh, elegant and perfumed on the nose. Juicy and fine on the palate. Delicate extraction. Fine, long tannins.

James Lawther MW, Decanter.com (April 2013)

James Molesworth

88-91/100

Displays a rather firm coating of chalk dust and vanilla notes, with a core of subdued plum and blackberry fruit. Verges on an extracted feel, but comes out solid and sculpted in the end.

James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com (April 2013)

Julia Harding MW

15.5/20

Highly distinctive notes marked by beef extract and ripe damsons, as well as oak toast. Rather one-dimensional on the palate.

Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com (April 2013)

Neal Martin

94/100

Tasted from several bottles in recent months, the 2012 Canon is a stupendous wine for the vintage and if anything, it appears to be improving with each encounter. It clearly serves up more than enough volume and fruit intensity on the nose compared to the impressive 2011 Canon: it is very pure with black cherries, wild strawberry, asphalt and blood orange. This is very well defined and beautifully focused. The palate is medium-bodied, silky smooth and with that thrilling sense of frisson. There is so much vivacity wound up inside this Saint Emilion that it would not surprise me if it turns out to be one of the very best in 2012. Tasted January 2017.

Neal Martin, Vinous.com (March 2017)