Château Canon 2015 (Magnum, OWC)

Château Canon 2015 — Saint-Émilion

This Château Canon 2015, offered here in magnum 1.5 L in original wooden case, embodies one of the most refined, profound and luminous expressions of the limestone plateau of Saint-Émilion. A Premier Grand Cru Classé with a style of great purity, Canon combines the sensuality of Merlot, the precision of Cabernet Franc and the mineral freshness of great limestone terroirs: black cherry, Morello cherry, red plum, ripe raspberry, blackberry, violet, rose, graphite, chalk, liquorice, cocoa, sweet spices, fine cedar and a long saline finish.

Château Canon is among the most prestigious estates of Saint-Émilion, renowned for wines of great elegance, silky texture and remarkable ageing capacity. The 2015 vintage, generous, solar and beautifully balanced on the Right Bank, gives here a wine of great aromatic intensity, driven by remarkable fruit ripeness and highly distinctive limestone freshness. The magnum format and original wooden case reinforce its ageing, prestige and collector dimension.

Terroir: Saint-Émilion, limestone plateau and Right Bank elegance

The vineyard of Château Canon lies on the limestone plateau of Saint-Émilion, one of the most sought-after terroirs on Bordeaux’s Right Bank. Limestone and clay-limestone soils bring natural freshness, mineral tension and a very distinctive texture, at once dense, fine and elongated.

Canon’s style is distinguished by its balance between fruit depth, floral finesse and limestone energy. Merlot brings flesh, velvet, plum, cherry and sensuality; Cabernet Franc contributes precision, freshness, floral notes and structure. In the 2015, vintage ripeness reinforces aromatic intensity, while the terroir preserves tension, purity and great clarity.

Tasting notes

Appearance: deep purple slowly evolving towards garnet, bright, dense and still well sustained. In magnum, evolution is generally slower, allowing the wine to preserve brilliance, visual freshness and depth for many years.

Nose: deep, pure and highly expressive, with black cherry, Morello cherry, red plum, ripe raspberry, blackberry, fresh black fruits, violet, rose, graphite, chalk, liquorice and cocoa. With aeration, nuances of fine cedar, sweet spices, mocha, blond tobacco, noble earth, light truffle, fresh mint and limestone minerality may appear.

Palate: broad, velvety, precise and beautifully balanced, with ripe fruit carried by clear limestone freshness. Flavours of black cherry, Morello cherry, plum, blackberry, raspberry, liquorice, cocoa, graphite, chalk and spices unfold with intensity and elegance, supported by fine, ripe and polished tannins. The finish is very long, saline, mineral and delicately spicy, with an impression of purity, velvet and great Saint-Émilion nobility.

Expression of the 2015 vintage

The 2015 vintage in Bordeaux produced ripe, harmonious and highly seductive wines, particularly remarkable on the great terroirs of the Right Bank. In Saint-Émilion, the best crus were able to combine fruit richness, limestone freshness, tannic finesse and great aromatic precision, producing deep, balanced wines built for ageing.

Today, this Château Canon 2015 in magnum remains still young but can already impress through its fruit, velvet and precision after careful aeration. With time, it will gain complexity around notes of truffle, fine leather, tobacco, cocoa, cedar, forest floor, melted spices and chalky minerality, while preserving the purity of red and black fruit.