Vintage Description Pack Size Case Duty Stock Price
Vintage 2008 Canon, Saint-Emilion Pack Size 12 x 75cl Case OWC Duty IB Stock 1 Price £1,050.00 £1,088.58 £1,306.30

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Tasting Notes

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The Wine Independent Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 27 Mar 24
The 2008 Canon is deep garnet-brick in color. Notes of baked plums, stewed black and red cherries, and smoked meats all jump from the glass, followed by hints of garrigue, spice cake, and underbrush. The medium to full-bodied palate is mature and drinking deliciously now, with pleasantly chewy tannins and plenty of spice-laced black fruit preserves flavors on offer, finishing on a lingering mineral note.
Drinking Date: 2024 - 2032
92
Inside Bordeaux Jane Anson - 17 Sep 21
Still fairly closed, with notes of grilled Provence herbs, tar, charcoal, resin and crushed mint leaf. 2006 was a relatively cool vintage with some pretty surly tannins at the beginnning, and this needs time in the glass to open up. There is a subtly and nuance on display, as you find in so many Canon vintages, with precise and well crafted tannins A wine that is ready to drink now but can easily age for another few decades. 35hl/h yield, 80% new oak, the highest level seen at the estate (partly the vintage, partly fashion at the time in St Emilion) well integrated but leaving a trace of grilled cedar and tar on the finish. Harvest October 4 to 10.
Drinking Date: 2021 - 2034
91
Vinous Neal Martin - 01 Feb 18
The 2008 Canon has a simple bouquet compared to the riveting 2015 that I tasted alongside at the property, however, you cannot begrudge this Saint Émilion that offers attractive black fruit, a pinch of pepper, iodine and spice. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, red and black fruit mixed with baking powder and a slight savoriness that comes through on the finish. Impressive length here: a fine if maybe slightly uncouth Canon that probably needs another year in bottle. (Tasted at the château and at BI Wine and Spirit’s annual vertical tasting.)
Drinking Date: 2019 - 2035
90
Robert Parker Wine Advocate Robert Parker - 02 May 11
Although reserved and shut down following bottling, the 2008 exhibits a dense plum/ruby/purple color, abundant tannin, an unmistakable minerality and a long finish despite its structured, backward, medium-bodied mouthfeel. Sweet blue and black fruits have to be coaxed from the glass. Cellar it for 5-7 years and enjoy it over the following 20-25.
Drinking Date: 2016 - 2041
16.5
Jancis Robinson Jancis Robinson - 02 Mar 18
Tasted blind. Slightly weak crimson. Some fruit-cake evolution on the nose. Minerals and just enough fruit ripeness. Chalky finish. (JR)
Drinking Date: 2018 - 2035
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