Chateau Canon-La-Gaffeliere2010
RED WINE
- Producer Vignobles Comtes von Neipperg
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Blend
35% Cabernet Franc
35% Cabernet Sauvignon
55% Merlot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Saint-Emilion
- UPC 0 15643 42851 7
Reviews
James Suckling 94-95
This is tight and powerful. Solid frame of fruit and tannins. Curious about this. Like the 2009. This is 40% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Merlot.
by JS, James Suckling , 2011
Wine Advocate 95
This wine shows wonderfully exotic tapenade, licorice, Christmas fruitcake, cedar wood, blackberry and sweet cherry notes in its strikingly provocative aromatics. On the palate, the wine is dense and full-bodied, with stunning concentration, purity, texture and length. It is full-bodied, silky smooth and seems to have more in common with the 2009 than one might expect, although the freshness and tannin levels are slightly more elevated. Drink it over the next 20+ years.
by RP, Wine Advocate , 2013
Wine Enthusiast 94
A beautifully structured wine that is both ripe and elegant. It is bolstered by tannins, the acidity a great cutting edge. The black currant fruits are already delicious, although the tannins promise a great future.
by RV, Wine Enthusiast , 2011
Wine Spectator 96
This takes the power of the vintage and puts it in its pocket for later, preferring instead to let mouthwatering briar, loganberry, mulberry and blackberry fruit strut its way forward, enlivened with roasted wood spice and supported by suavely but thoroughly embedded iron-tinged structure. Should cruise for two decades. Best from 2016 through 2035.
by JM, Wine Spectator , 2013
Technical Details
Vintage
Harvest dates: 05/10 to 20/10/2010Yield: 28 hl/ha
Fermentation: In wooden vats for 32 days. Extraction by pneumatic pigeage (punching down the cap)
Ageing: In new oak barrels (70%) on the lees for 17 months. No fining or filtering
Bottling: Château-bottled in April 2012
Blend: 55% Merlot 35% Cabernet Franc 10% Cabernet Sauvignon