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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."
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LISA PERROTTI-BROWN: "A blend of 71% Merlot and 29% Cabernet Franc, the 2023 Canon has a pH of 3.42 and it will age in barriques for 16-18 months, of which 50% are new. It is deep garnet-purple in color and sails out of the glass with bold notions of juicy blueberries, fresh plums, and Bing cherries, giving way to hints of black pepper, fragrant soil, and violets. The medium to full-bodied palate shimmers with energetic black and blue fruits, framed by super-satiny tannins and compelling tension, finishing long and fragrant. Absolutely ethereal!"
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WEINWISSER: "70 % Merlot, 30 % Cabernet Franc, 45 hl/ha. Erhabenes sehr delikates rotbeeriges Bouquet, Sandelholz und rote Johannisbeere. Im zweiten Ansatz Blutorangenzesten, edler Kreideton und mineralische Körnchen. Am unglaublich dicht verwobenen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, engmaschigem Tanninkorsett, vibrierender Rasse, edlem mineralischem Kern und perfekt modelliertem Körper. Im nicht enden wollenden kaskadenartigen Finale Schattenmorellen, Graphit, heller Tabak und erhabene Adstringenz. Dies wird (wie schon im vergangenen Jahr) einer der gesuchten Weine in dieser Kampagne sein."
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VINUM: "Eine Nase zum Eintauchen, tief, nobel, von dunkler Frucht geprägt, ergänzt mit floralen Noten, Eukalyptus, kalkige Mineralik. Messerscharf am Gaumen, ungemein druckvoll, dabei hochelegant, viel Spannung, Konzentration, perfektes Tannin, wunderbar lang im Abgang. Einmal mehr ein grosser Kanon, für eine kleine Ewigkeit gebaut."
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DECANTER: "Another excellent wine from the team at Canon benefitting from its position on the limestone plateau. Deep florals, violets, black fruits, some purple fruits too with cocoa powder and cool fresh blueberries. Smooth and so refined, this has a comfort in the mouth that few others have - a certain weight that defies the vintage - almost fleshy but more thick juice rather than lean, with a sweet core as well as biting acidity that provides a great contrast. This is a serious wine, it has structure and movement, supple tannins, so fine with a touch of chalk, strawberry, cranberry and red cherry fruit with liquorice spice on the finish. Assured winemaking, ripe fruit, great acidity and body, ending clean and pure with wet stones and graphite touches. Just delicious, a wine that tastes great now and feels like it’ll always be that way. Expansive in the best way. Ageing 16-18 months in 50% new oak as well as foudre. 3.42pH."
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THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Violets, roses, and lilacs kick off the floral display. You also find cherries, plums, black raspberries, cigar box, and spice, with a touch of licorice. There is a balance between the vivacity, and sweetness, a strong sense of crushed rocks, and stones, depth, and intensity. The finish is racy, in all the best ways, which is the perfect backdrop for the wine's layers of salt-tinged fruits that linger. The best part of the wine is that the fruit expresses a beautiful sense of purity, with no hard . edges. The wine blends 71% Merlot with 29% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV. 3.41. Harvesting took place September 6 - October 4. The length of the harvest is one of the key points to the vintage, as the estate was able to stop, start, and wait for phenolic ripeness. Drink from 2030- 2060."
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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."
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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."
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JEB DUNNUCK: "The 2023 Château Canon is an ultra-classic wine from this terroir offering textbook limestone-driven, black raspberry, floral, chalky, and spicy aromas and flavors. As always, it's not massive and is more medium-bodied, with a balanced, elegant mouthfeel, ripe, polished tannins, and no hard edges. It actually reminds me a little of the 2001 from this estate. It's a gorgeous wine that will evolve for 25+ years, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it drink nicely in its youth as well. Tasted multiple times."
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JANCIS ROBINSON: "Crimson hue. Energy and complexity on the nose. Supple, layered fruit on the palate. Fine tannins with some persistence. Elegant and true to its limestone-plateau origin.
Drink 2030 – 2045"
