Canon - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2020

La Revue du Vin de France

96-98 / 100

the6/7/2021

En bouche, la délicate nuance d’un soyeux révélateur du millésime, doublée de la tension particulière de Canon, est louable à plus d’un titre. Le style aérien n’enlève rien à la profondeur du palais pénétré d’un fruit pur et précis, aux nuances de fleurs en finale

Le Figaro

98-99 / 100

the6/2/2021

Une approche très sûre d'elle, à l'amabilité aussi nonchalante que son Pygmalion. Des fruits rouges se mêlant parfaitement à des notes chocolatées, minérales, qui lui donnent une complexité le sauvant in extremis de tomber dans la facilité. Une explosion de fruits mûrs à point. Un équilibre irréprochable, qui évoque — pour citer Nicolas Audebert, une bombe latine en corset français haute couture. Un nouveau 2015 ?

Vinous

95-97 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe6/1/2021

The 2020 Canon is a gorgeous, sophisticated wine. Silky and soaring, Canon is vertical in build, with a real sense of explosive energy that give the wine its shape. Rose petal, lavender, mint, spice and ripe red/purplish berry fruit all meld together effortlessly. The 2020 is an especially airy, understated Canon. I can't wait to see how it ages.

Jeb DUNNUCK

96-98 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe5/28/2021

The 2020 Château Canon is another brilliant wine in a long line of brilliant wines from this incredible team and consistent estate. Coming from the upper plateau (unquestionably one of the finest terroirs on the upper plateau) and 68% Merlot and 32% Cabernet Franc, it offers a perfumed, ethereal nose of red and blue fruits, violets, white flowers, and unsmoked tobacco. With riveting purity, full-bodied richness, flawless balance, and a great, great finish, it’s going to push the upper limits of my scale. The tannins here are incredible as well, and this beauty should drink well for 20-30 years. Hats off to technical director Nicolas Audebert and his team for another insanely good wine.

Yvesbeck.wine

98-100 / 100

byYves Beckthe5/27/2021

68% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc
Quel superbe bouquet, quelle exceptionnelle notion de délicatesse et d'équilibre où subtilité et
puissance se soutiennent mutuellement ; chacun rend service à l'autre ! Nuances de pain d'épices, de cassis et de griottes. En bouche le vin confirme les dispositions du bouquet. Que de finesse, de grandeur, d'ampleur et d'harmonie. Les tannins sont impériaux, gracieux et se révèlent le long du palais. Ils sont d'une rare puissance et, pourtant, ils ne sont pas envahissants, ils sont juste
terriblement convaincants. Leur grain est très fin et leur substance créent une extraordinaire
symbiose avec la tension de la structure acide. Un très grand vin qui sait créer l'émotion et qui incarne brillamment la notion de force tranquille. 2028-2050 98-100/100

Vinous

96-98 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/27/2021

The 2020 Canon nailed it this year, the best since the benchmark 2015/2016 vintages. It has one of those bouquets that stops the clock thanks to its breathtaking delineation and focus, fragrant black cherries, bilberry, shucked oyster shell and crushed rock aromas. It is cool, calm and collected. The palate possesses exquisite definition, armed with simply crystalline red fruit matched with a perfect silver bead of acidity. There is tangible tension from the start and it fans out gloriously toward the pixelated finish. This brilliant Canon should offer 20–30 years of drinking pleasure, probably more. Chapeau!

Decanter.com

99 / 100

byJane Ansonthe5/25/2021

This is intense, structured and concentrated yet with an abundance of violet and peony notes that curl up through the tannins, combining halfway through the palate with blueberry, raspberry, tobacco, gunsmoke and sculpted, precise pulses of chalk minerality. There is just so much to talk about with this wine, but the overall impression is of dozens of carefully crafted elements that steal up on you. It's hard not to be convinced by its success - and as ever with Canon you are in no doubt as to how well it will age. Gorgeous. 50% new barrels. 3.53pH. Harvest 4 September to 23 September. 50% new oak. A yield of 40hl/ha. Could go up after tasting in bottle, a potential 100 points. 98-100.

The Wine Cellar Insider

98-100 / 100

byJeff Levethe5/21/2021

Aromatically, this is off the hook with flowers, black, red and blue fruits, licorice, black raspberry, forest leaf, wild cherries and crushed rocks. With polished silk and velvet textures, the wine balances weight, depth, energy and concentration. The layers of perfectly ripe, sweet, fresh, red and black fruits keep on coming. On the palate the wine is both concentrated and weightless, making this is far too easy to drink. The seamless finish delivers length and purity that goes on for more than 60 seconds. This is as good as the famous 2015, and by the time it is in bottle, it could be even better. The wine blends 68% Merlot with 32% Cabernet Franc. 14.5% ABV pH 3.53 98-100

Wine Advocate

98-100 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/20/2021

The 2020 Canon is a blend of 68% Merlot and 32% Cabernet Franc, aging for 18 months in French oak, 50% new. It weighs in with 14.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.53. Deep garnet-purple colored, it bursts from the glass with vivacious notes of Morello cherries, redcurrant jelly, wild blueberries and black raspberries, plus hints of powdered cinnamon, clove oil, star anise and dusty red soil. The medium to full-bodied palate is an exercise in grace, delivering exquisitely ripe, finely pixilated tannins and bold freshness to support the tight-knit black, red and blue fruit layers, finishing long with loads of exotic spices and mineral sparks. An exhilarating triumph!

Jamessuckling.com

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byJames Sucklingthe5/12/2021

Wow. This is really exceptional with super density of fruit that remains clear and agile. Blackberries, currants, violets and spice, as well as some chalk and salt. It really goes on for minutes. Best of the trilogy?

Anthocyanes

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byYohan Castaingthe5/11/2021

Avec un nez magnifique de fruits noirs, d'épices et surtout de rose anglaise et de fleurs de printemps, Ch. Canon conforte son rang de "grand" de Saint-Émilion. Cette année il exprime différemment son emprise calcaire par une texture un peu plus charnue. Les tanins sont magnifiques, l'ensemble est cristallin, la puissance parfaitement contenue. Du pur satin et très aérien ! Bravo ! Un summum de qualité. Un vin qu'il faudra attendre encore très longtemps même si ses jeunes années pourraient être particulièrement savoureuses.

Bernard Burtschy

95-97 / 100

byBernard Burtschythe5/10/2021

Falstaff

94-96 / 100

the5/10/2021

Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, breitere Randaufhellung. Rote Waldbeeren, ein Hauch von Lakritze, feine tabakige Nuancen, zart nach Mandarinenzesten, min- eralischer Touch. Saftig, rote Kirschen, zart salzig, integrierte reife Tannine, eng- maschig-zitronige Nuancen, wirkt ungemein leichtfüßig, gutes Reifepotenzial, ein finessenreicher Speisenbegleiter.