Château Canon-La Gaffelière - St.-Emilion 2018 (750ml)
Price: $106.00
| Producer | Château Canon-La Gaffelière |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St.-Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 1005650 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 97 Points
The 2018 Canon La Gaffelière is bright punchy and full of character just as it was from barrel. Sage blood orange mocha and spice add pretty aromatic top notes to a core of inky red/purplish berry fruit. All the elements are so well balanced in this super-expressive Saint-Émilion. Bright floral and savory Franc notes punctuate the salivating finish mineral-drenched finish. The 2018 needs a lot of air to open but when it does it is dynamite.
jdWine Spectator: 96 Points
This has a lovely core of mulled cassis damson plum and raspberry reduction notes framed with an applewood note that integrates nicely while red tea savory and chalky mineral notes develop through the finish. Restrained style precise and very long. Merlot Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best from 2024 through 2038. 5833 cases made.
James Suckling: 96 Points
Fantastic depth and richness to the nose with plums mushrooms bark and some mahogany. Full-bodied tight and focused with very fine tannins and a long creamy finish. Lovely polish balance and clarity. Drink after 2025.
Wine Enthusiast: 94-96 Points
This already shows sophistication in a stream of black currant fruit set alongside the firm tannins that are still developing. Its structure and juicy berry fruits give richness and freshness at the end while also promising aging.
Jeb Dunnuck: 95 Points
Another beautiful vintage for this cuvée the 2018 Château Canon La Gaffelière is based on 50% Merlot 35% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon brought up in 50% new French oak with the balance all in used barrels. It's never the biggest or richest wine in the vintage yet always has a classic Saint-Emilion elegance as well as brilliant minerality. The 2018 reveals a dense purple hue to go with an already complex bouquet of kirsch blackberries new saddle leather bouquet garni tobacco and flowery incense. With medium to full-bodied richness a seamless elegant texture ripe tannins and a great finish it builds nicely with time in the glass and is a complex flawlessly balanced Saint-Emilion that offers both hedonistic and intellectual pleasure. It's going to keep for 20-30 years and I'd recommend a healthy decant or a good 4-6 years of bottle age.
Wine Advocate: 95+ Points
Medium to deep garnet-purple colored the 2018 Canon la Gaffeliere out of the gate delivers a seductive nose of plum preserves kirsch and Black Forest cake with nuances of lilacs underbrush Indian spices and dusty soil. The medium to full-bodied palate is filled with black fruit preserves and loads of spicy accents supported by chewy tannins and well-balanced freshness finishing long and savory.
