Château Canon

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

2020

Blend

68% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc

Wine designation

Château Canon, red, 2020
Category: Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 1er Grand Cru Classé, Bordeaux

Food pairing

A fillet of beef with Bordeaux sauce or a roast duck breast are perfect choices to pair with this vintage.

Château Canon

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

2020

Tasting notes

This wine is particularly aromatic, with notes of red and black fruit, a sign of ripe grapes. Slight pinot. It offers excellent tension and freshness, with silky tannins. Powerful and very fine, this complex 1er grand cru classé has excellent balance. The finish is long and saline. A lovely mineral note rounds off this fresh tasting. Great complexity. A very fine Saint Emilion. A pure expression of its terroir.

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.