Château Canon-La Gaffelière - St.-Emilion 2020 (750ml)
Price: $103.00
| Producer | Château Canon-La Gaffelière |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St.-Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 1005719 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 97 Points
Deep and intense notes of plums and blackberries with dark chocolate toasted spices walnut crushed graphite and wet stones. Full-bodied with layers of ripe velvety tannins that flow in a firm stream throughout the palate. Very structured. Delicious chocolate-wrapped black and blue fruit with spiced character and a really long finish. 60% merlot and 40% cabernet franc. Drink from 2028.
Vinous: 97 Points
The 2020 Canon La Gaffelière is heady sumptuous and totally exotic. A wine of depth and striking intensity the 2020 possesses tremendous balance right out of the gate. Ripe red plum blood orange pomegranate spice and leather all meld together effortlessly. There's real presence and depth here. Time in the glass brings out the purity of the flavors. The blend is 55% Merlot 30% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. I can't wait to see how this ages - By Antonio Galloni on December 2022
Jeb Dunnuck: 97 Points
Quite possibly the finest vintage of this cuvée I've tasted the 2020 Château Canon-La-Gaffelière offers that rare mix of richness and elegance that makes this vintage so compelling. Classic notes of cassis ripe black cherries spring flowers and truffly earth define the aromatics and it's full-bodied and perfectly balanced with beautiful tannins and a great finish. This is another stunningly good Saint-Emilion that will benefit from 4-6 years of bottle age and have 2-3 decades of overall longevity.
vWine Spectator: 95 Points
Ripe fresh and expressive with beautiful mulberry boysenberry and blackberry puree notes that work well with light sanguine black tea and singed apple wood details throughout. Merlot Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best from 2029 through 2040. 5500 cases made 750 cases imported.
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
A blend of 50% Merlot 35% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon the 2020 Canon la Gaffelière offers up inviting aromas of dark berries plums burning embers rose petals incense and bay leaf. Medium to full-bodied velvety and layered it's suave and perfumed with melting powdery tannins and a vibrant core of fruit. As ever the elevated percentage of Cabernet Franc lends it a singular and compelling style.
Decanter: 9 Points
