Chateau Canon 2023

JAMES SUCKLING: "This is so elegant and sophisticated already, with a really electric presence and length that goes on and on. It's medium- to full-bodied with an intensity of tannins. It remains weightless and energetic. The pH is 3.41, making this a vivid and lively wine. Currant, orange and stone. Sea salt, too. The limestone soils created a unique wine here in 2023. A blend of 71% merlot and 29% cabernet franc."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Wafting from the glass with aromas of mulberries and raspberries mingled with spices, rose petals, licorice and violets, the 2023 Canon is another brilliant wine from a property whose excellence can almost be taken for granted. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's seamless and concentrated, its vibrant core of fruit framed by sweet, powdery tannins and girdled by lively acids, concluding with a long, mineral finish."

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, tiefer Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feine, attraktive Edelholznote, dunkle Kirschfrucht, zart nach Brombeeren, ein Hauch von Nugat, kandierte Orangenzesten. Saftig, komplex, elegant und harmonisch, zart nach Nelken, reife, runde Tannine, extraktsüßer Abgang, ausgewogen und anhaftend, ein finessenreicher Speisenbegleiter mit sicherem Reifepotenzial."