Mark Presswood

9.4

Sharing with friends at the Wine Chateau in Keller. Great nose with a hint of fresh tomatoes and earth. Taste is smooth and earthy mushrooms. Yum — 6 years ago

Casey Dienel

9.5

Seriously good juice. White pepper, peach skin, blueberries. — 7 years ago

CAAARRGGHHL

9.2

Deliciousness! — 7 years ago

Noah Gostout

9.5

Great wine to pair with a multi-dish dinner. We had a mix of heavy and light dishes at the table and this held its ground for the beef and harmonized with the lighter means. — 9 years ago

Olivier Schutte

9.5

Completely a point - super — 9 years ago

Bob Colman

8.9

Stinky, reductive, needs lots of air & time to breath. Funky cab franc which many won't like. — 10 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Lovely wine with velvety structure — 10 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.1

Very different style than nearly anything else coming out of Loire or all of France. There is a darkness and depth to the fruit with an almost volitile acidity that shares more in common with italian wines than Burgundy. Cinnamon spice shows through on this heavier, interesting pinot. 2013 Vintage. — 10 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.1

All st. Joseph elements in good balance here. Brand new black leather seats on the nose, juicy, bright, not blown out at all, a little bloody, a little mineral laiden. A sommeliers dream for a rack of lamb on the menu. With a nice salinity in the food this is heavenly. — 10 years ago

with Blaine

Maggie Shatt

9.2

Cab franc 100% — 11 years ago

with Ryan

Tyler Martinelli

9.5

Dirt, leaves, cherries. Smooth and lovely 😊 — 6 years ago

J Choi

9.4

Fantastic. Horse nose blows off. Natural. Cab franc. Fresh glug. — 7 years ago

Elisabeth Brubaker

9.6

Spice. Berry — 7 years ago

Daniel M

8.9

Nose of vanilla, cherry, spices. Very balanced palate with fruits (cherry again, but strawberry too), round tannins, green pepper, nice acid backbone and a quite long finish. More subtle and elegant than full and ripe. I like its style — 7 years ago

Christopher Bates

Master Sommelier, Owner/Winemaker Element Winery

9.2

Really great bottle! — 9 years ago

Jessica McMullin

9.0

@Meagan Mckeon @elisemcnally @nicolepoppas — 9 years ago

with Meagan

David Donald Sutherland

9.1

@Steven Hunsucker — 10 years ago

Guillaume Rémy

9.0

Small production always wins. — 10 years ago

with Zhen and Scott

Hiroshi Tominaga

9.2

Rich and has deepness. Bought at Mitsukoshi ¥2,300. — 10 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

8.9

Just plain drinkable with a lot of red fruit, pretty CF aromatics and just a touch of funky-earthiness. — 11 years ago

with Greg

Pat Taylor

8.9

Got into a northern Rhone last night. Dark purple. Youthful. Decanted for 2 hours to dissipate some of the heat from the alcohol. It opened up much better than the last bottle. It has a nice balance of peppery spice and blueberry/bramble. It also had some mint and a savoury hoisin side to it, although it notably lacked any hint of liquorice. I’m okay with that as that really isn’t my draw. It has a very well defined structure but tannins are not grippy; just pleasantly present. Medium plus acidity, medium alcohol, medium tannin. A perfect accompaniment to our night by the fire. Could easily last and suggest to most palates that they wait another 5-10+. Probably best with food. — 6 years ago

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10

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. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Feb 2018)
— 7 years ago

Heather Bell

9.4

Mossy, unique taste but yummy! — 8 years ago

Olivier Schutte

9.3

Superb cab franc from my favourite Bourgueil pruducer — 9 years ago

Kyle Doucet-Walter

9.5

Everything in its right place. — 9 years ago

Jonas Johansson

10

Awesome funkiness — 10 years ago

Baku Nagai

9.1

At its best 72 hours after opening. I kid you not. — 10 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.6

Excellent! — 10 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.1

A great combination! Dittmers merguez, potato pancakes and roasted romanesco went with this olive and dark fruit Cab Franc perfectly. Why do we try and pair over ripe Rhone with merguez when we know that we don't like it? Let there be acid! — 10 years ago

with Cleora

Mark Lindzy

10

Oh hells yeah...wet wool, lemon and vibrant acidity. — 11 years ago