Bordeaux Château Canon 2019 6x bouteilles

The Estate

Château Canon 2019 — Saint-Émilion Excellence

Château Canon stands among the most distinguished estates in Saint-Émilion, moreover, its Premier Grand Cru Classé B status reflects centuries of winemaking excellence. The property occupies a privileged position on the appellation’s famed limestone plateau, consequently benefiting from exceptional terroir that defines the finest wines of the Right Bank. Since 1996, the estate has flourished under the ownership of the Wertheimer family, whose stewardship through Chanel has brought renewed investment and meticulous attention to detail.

Winemaker Nicolas Audebert leads the team with a philosophy that balances tradition and precision, indeed crafting wines that showcase purity and elegance. The 2019 vintage represents an extraordinary expression of Canon’s terroir, furthermore earning near-universal acclaim from the world’s most discerning critics. This offering of six bottles provides collectors an ideal opportunity to cellar one of Saint-Émilion’s most refined achievements.

This Lot

Available as 6 bottles case — ideal for collectors and long-term cellaring.

Terroir & Grapes

The Limestone Plateau

Château Canon’s vineyards rest upon Saint-Émilion’s precious limestone plateau, where ancient marine sediments create ideal conditions for viticulture. This geological foundation provides excellent drainage while the chalky subsoil imparts distinctive minerality, thus contributing to the wine’s exceptional finesse. The 2019 blend comprises 74% Merlot and 26% Cabernet Franc, consequently reflecting the estate’s commitment to expressing the plateau’s unique character. Additionally, the high proportion of Merlot thrives on these cooler limestone soils, yielding fruit of remarkable purity and concentration.

Vinification & Ageing

Precision & Refinement

The winemaking team employs meticulous parcel-by-parcel vinification, thus allowing each plot to express its individual character before blending. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled vessels, while gentle extraction techniques preserve the fruit’s natural elegance and purity. Following fermentation, the wine undergoes extended élevage in French oak barrels, moreover using a judicious proportion of new wood to complement rather than dominate the wine’s expression.

The cellar work emphasizes finesse over power, consequently producing a wine that showcases ultra-fine tannins and seamless integration. This approach allows the limestone terroir’s chalky minerality to shine through, indeed creating one of the Right Bank’s most refined and elegant expressions. The resulting wine achieves 14.5% alcohol while maintaining remarkable balance and freshness.

Vintage Character

The 2019 Growing Season in Saint-Émilion

The 2019 vintage proved exceptionally successful for Saint-Émilion, indeed rivaling the celebrated 2018 and 2020 harvests. The growing season brought nearly perfect conditions, with a warm, dry summer balanced by refreshingly cool nights that allowed the fruit to ripen slowly and evenly. This diurnal temperature variation preserved natural acidity while developing complex aromatics, consequently producing wines of remarkable balance and aging potential.

At Château Canon, the vintage yielded a wine that recalls the estate’s superb 2016 rather than the more powerful 2015. The emphasis falls on purity, finesse, and crystalline precision, moreover showcasing the limestone plateau’s distinctive mineral signature. This vintage character positions the 2019 as an archetype of elegant, terroir-driven Saint-Émilion that will reward patient cellaring.

Tasting Notes

Seamless Elegance

The Château Canon 2019 opens with captivating complexity, revealing layers of fresh raspberries and red plums intertwined with raw cocoa and dark chocolate. Alongside these primary fruit notes, subtle nuances of pencil shavings and rose petals emerge, consequently adding remarkable aromatic depth. The palate presents medium to full body with seamless, multidimensional structure, moreover showcasing ultra-fine tannins that speak to the wine’s impeccable breeding. The limestone terroir expresses itself through distinctive chalky minerality that carries the wine to a prolonged, precise finish, thus creating one of the Right Bank’s most refined expressions of the vintage.

“One of the most refined, elegant right bank wines of the vintage, with purity and finesse off the charts.”

Service & Pairing

Patience Rewarded

While the wine shows remarkable harmony already, patience will be amply rewarded, thus allowing the 2019 to develop its full aromatic complexity over the coming years. Decant for at least two hours before serving to unlock the wine’s layered aromatics and silky texture. This elegant Saint-Émilion pairs beautifully with refined preparations: consider roasted squab with truffle jus, herb-crusted rack of lamb, or aged Comté cheese. Additionally, the wine’s mineral precision complements duck breast with cherry reduction, while its fine-grained tannins enhance wild mushroom risotto with Périgord truffles. The wine will evolve gracefully for two to three decades, moreover offering different pleasures at each stage of its development.

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