Château Canon

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

2018

Blend

72% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Franc

Wine designation

Château Canon, red, 2018
Category: Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 1er Grand Cru Classé, Bordeaux

Food pairing

For a perfect wine and food pairing, consider serving this Saint-Émilion Grand Cru with beef fillet with porcini mushrooms or duck breast with raspberries.

Château Canon

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

2018

Tasting notes

This wildly elegant, floral, structured and elegant cru plays a singular score. In this generous vintage, it displays a texture of great refinement, with tight but elegant tannins, fleshiness and, above all, superb freshness. We salute its silkiness, harmony and racy bearing.

Vineyard

Vineyard size: 31.8 hectares
Soil composition: Clay-limestone plateau with South/South-West exposure.

Winemaking

Fermentation container: Plot vinification, in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats, gravity vatting.
Maceration technique: 2 week vatting time with pumping over twice a day
Aging: Oak Barrels
18 months with 65% new barrels
Type of oak: French
Consulting œnologist: Thomas Duclos

Heritage in the vineyard

Domaine

Château Canon, facing the Saint-Emilion bell tower. The surrounding vineyard, on the outstanding terroir atop a limestone plateau. Belonging to the Chanel group since 1996 and currently undergoing their organic conversion, to be finalized in 2024.

Green in the vineyard

Environmental practices

A vineyard run according to sustainable agriculture, the objective being to optimize economic performance by controlling inputs, to limit their environmental impacts.