
2015 Canon, St-Emilion
Pre-Arrival
100
James Suckling
Review Date: 02/2018Read All Reviews
Seductive. The nose draws you in deep: It’s like staring into a well of pristine dark cherries, dark plums, blackberries and mulberries. All the oak is perfectly subsumed. The palate’s flawless with immense depth and power and it’s so balanced as to appear to float. Immaculate fresh dark-berry and plum flavors. Silky and deep, ribbon-like finish. Perfect. *2018 Wine of the Year*
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Pre-arrival items can be purchased in advance of their arrival at our stores. This product is estimated to be available for delivery or pickup by 02/28/2025.
Professional Reviews
100
Wine Advocate
Review Date: 02/2018
The 2015 Canon was a benchmark wine that seemed to revitalize this historic estate. I was crossing my fingers that it would not disappoint in bottle and I am glad to say that it delivers the goods. It has a very intense bouquet (just as it showed out of barrel) with laser-like precision offering wild strawberry, raspberry preserve, wet limestone and hints of truffle. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, clean and fresh with pure black and red fruit whose every atom appears infused with minerals. The mouth is tingling long after the wine has exited and your brain is thinking … when is the next sip coming? It is frankly heads and shoulders above almost every Saint Émilion this vintage, to reaffirm, a benchmark for this historic estate that will give pleasure to many over the coming years. Astonishing. (NM)
100
Vinous
Review Date: 02/2018
From the very beginning, the 2015 Canon has made an eloquent case for itself as one of the wines of the vintage. Multiple tastings from bottle only confirm what several early tastings hinted at: the 2015 Canon is simply extraordinary in every way. Sumptuous and exotic, with no hard edges and exceptional balance, the 2015 grabs hold of all the senses and never lets up. A rush of red fruit intermingled with floral notes, spice and smoke notes effortlessly runs up the wine's vertical structure as the 2015 thrills with every twist and turn. The 2015 Canon is a rare wine that is both hedonistic and intellectual - well, maybe it is a bit more hedonistic-leaning. It doesn't matter. Don't miss it. This 2015 is masterpiece from General Manager Nicolas Auderbert and his team at Canon. (AG)
98
Jeb Dunnuck
Review Date: 11/2017
One of the wines of the vintage is the 2015 Château Canon which is 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Franc that spent 18 months in 70% new French oak. It offers a perfect example of the old saying 'iron fist in a velvet glove' and boasts gorgeous notes of black cherries, framboise, spring flowers and exotic spices. All these lead to a full-bodied, ultra-pure, seamless 2015 that marries incredible richness and depth with a sense of purity, elegance, and weightlessness that needs to be tasted to believed. This multi-dimensional, seamless 2015 needs forgotten for 4-5 years and will keep for three decades or more. Bravo! (JD) 98+
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Staff Reviews

Ryan Moses
K&L Buyer
Review Date: 11/2018
This is one of those wines that has an immense challenge living up to such a sterling reputation, but in a room with some of the elite 2015s it was certainly one of the most refined, detailed, and engaging wines out there. With structure and depth to spare, this is a wine that will keep you coming back again and again. Waves of red fruit and seamless tannins build on the palate with mouthwatering acidity and a long finish. It is a singular achievement for Canon and will be thrilling to follow over the next 30 to 40 years.

Philip Bohorfoush
Review Date: 06/2016
**One of the wines of the vintage** Incredible purity, rich and deep with a smooth core of black fruits, cassis, purple flowers, and chalky minerality from the limestone plateau. Intense, layered, and full bodied on the palate yet with restraint and tension. Very fine and all class.

Clyde Beffa Jr.
Review Date: 05/2016
One of the best of the 2015 vintage. Fresh, pure, elegant. Black raspberry flavors and a long finish. Bravo!
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Product Details
Origin: Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France
Type/Varietal: Merlot
SKU: #1251736