Mario Vaillancourt

9.1

Decanted 90 minutes. Very dark opaque colour. Nose with dark fruits, some black currant early on but some spices as well and some oak. Tasted blind the nose seems more CNP then Right Bank. Palate is dense, powerful, nice acidity in the middle, ripe fruit, volume and depth along with a delicious finish with a slight dryness. Very good but there is a little bit of warmth to it caused by alcohol that makes the whole balance very slightly out of sink with the rest. 90-91

Carafé 90 minutes. Couleur foncée et opaque. Fruits noirs, cassis aussi, du bois un peu. Fait plus CNP que Rive Droite au nez. Bouche délicieuse, puissante, dense, du volume, belle acidité en millieu de bouche, finale est assez longue, un peu asséchante et une touche alccoleuse qui affecte un peu l’équilibre d’ensemble. Très bien malgré tout, mais pas certain que ca deviendra grand. 90-91 — 5 years ago

Marcus Caple

9.0

Fantastic wine, earthy but with a long silky finish. £8.50 in Co-Op bargain — 6 years ago

Yohan Hwang

8.9

Pretty intense — 7 years ago

Nora Grossman

9.2

Light, perfection. — 8 years ago

with Max and Caila

Jane Harrison

9.2

Lovely Provençal rose just right here in the Caribbean — 8 years ago

Kileen Lindgren

10

Robust, deep blackberry but not too heavy. Pleasant cross between a cab and merlot. — 9 years ago

Andrew Y

8.9

Full and fresh — 10 years ago

with Elizabeth

Benoit Duhamel

9.1

Épaulée 5 heures avant.
Nez floral, cerise, parfum très attirant
En bouche, très fruité, typé pinot. Acidité encore assez présente.
Excellent mais pas un bon RQP à 175$ provenant de la vente Prestige et Patrimoine — 10 years ago

Nicole Hanusek

9.7

Really smooth — 11 years ago

Joel Fariss

9.2

Very elegant and pretty, low tannin, great acid. Leather, tobacco, earth, finishes red fruit. Lush and complex. — 12 years ago

with Gareth

MM Contreras

8.9

Dense mineral and pineapple- very drinkable, wish I had kept the last third of the bottle chilled 😏 — 5 years ago

Enebro Avila

8.9

Ligero de cuerpo — 6 years ago

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9.1

Ancient vintages of this Saint-Émilion have a tendency to impress and the 1958 Canon-la-Gaffelière is no different. Quite pale in colour, it has a wonderful, heart-warming bouquet with red cherry, strawberry and burning embers/ash-like aromas. It is clean and well-defined. The palate is medium-bodied with surprising fruit concentration, harmonious and gentle, the acidity pitch perfect. Whilst not a complex wine it has a sense of purity that catches you off guard. I love the piquancy on the finish. Wonderful. Tasted at the Académie du Vin dinner. (Neal Martin, Vinous, May 2018 — 7 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.0

Acid on point. Very refreshing. — 8 years ago

with Brooke and Paula

Mathieu Mrozinski

9.2

Bon bon bon — 8 years ago

Paul Henderson

8.9

Bright, rich, some funk, red stone fruit — 9 years ago

with Ramona

Joseph Gannon

9.1

Rich nose of rose petals, red jolly rancher, red grapefruit. Great stuff. — 9 years ago

Peter Gildea

9.0

Excellent blend — 10 years ago

Charmaine Wimberly

9.3

Bracing acidity melon and green apple on the palate. Drinking the 2012 vintage. Great buy for 23$ pair with a rich cream sauce or save as an aperitif — 10 years ago

John Rubino

9.0

We love this wine! — 11 years ago

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9.7

The 2015 Canon has a tightly wound bouquet with mineral rich black fruit, raspberry coulis, rose
petal and desiccated orange peel. It takes time to come together, but it does. The palate is well defined, very focused with fine minerality. This is discreet but beautifully balanced, clean and precise with a sense of energy and precision on the finish. It is less showy than its peers at the moment, which
explains why I am more parsimonious with my score. Yet the potential is locked inside this wine and it will aspire toward perfection with a decade in bottle.Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, July 2019) — 6 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.2

Outstanding. Richer style, balanced with freshness and verve. — 6 years ago

Joel Roskind

9.1

CSW like Sancerre — 7 years ago

with Susan

Matt

9.6

Great balance of weighty fruit/non-fruit character, textural richness, and bright acidity. So open knit and generous right now. Seamless. Deep stone fruit and baked pommaceous notes, zippy ripe citrus, lacey tones of nuts, flowers, honey, and brioche. Deeply mineral throughout. So delicious and perfect accompaniment with our meal. — 8 years ago

Jordan

10

Sweet champagne — 8 years ago

Joseph Gannon

9.3

Classic Rhone notes of violets, black fruits, and leather. Guessing mostly syrah with grenache, awesome qpr. — 9 years ago

with Brooke

Joel Hammett

8.9

Apple and citrus with a slightly bitter, mineral finish. — 10 years ago

Stefan Lindberg

9.6

I looooove it! So damn fruity fresh and lingers in my tongue... 😍👌 — 10 years ago

Jay Clark

9.5

100% Pinot Noir, 3g/l dosage. Get some. — 11 years ago

Jean-François Bergeron

9.9

C'est la première fois que je bois une bouteille qui a un niveau d'équilibre qui le rend difficile à décrire! Vraiment bon ?!? :) on arrive à détecter un léger fruit en début de bouche, s'en suivent les épices, des touches poivrées. Pas tout les jours que l'on boit des choses comme ça! — 12 years ago

with Jean-Philippe