Château Canon 2016 (magnum, 1.5 l)

Château Canon 2016 — Saint-Émilion

This Château Canon 2016, offered here in magnum 1.5 L, embodies one of the most refined, profound and precise 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 elegance 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 2016 vintage, fresher, more structured and exceptionally precise in Bordeaux, gives here a wine of great depth, driven by pure fruit, fine tannins and highly distinctive limestone tension. The magnum format encourages slow, harmonious and particularly noble evolution.

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 2016, the freshness of the vintage highlights aromatic purity, tannic finesse and remarkable clarity of terroir.

Tasting notes

Appearance: deep purple slowly evolving towards garnet, bright, dense and still very 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 structured, with pure 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, tension and great Saint-Émilion nobility.

Expression of the 2016 vintage

The 2016 vintage in Bordeaux produced wines of great precision, combining fruit ripeness, freshness, structure and balance. In Saint-Émilion, the best crus from limestone terroirs show remarkable tension, refined tannins and exceptional ageing capacity. At Canon, this year particularly highlights the wine’s purity, verticality and finesse.

Today, this Château Canon 2016 in magnum remains still young but can already impress through its brilliance, precision and balance 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.