Chateau Canon Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2019 [NET] NO20230816 Bicuixe and Espadin agave

Bicuixe and Espadin agave

On the nose this is a huge

The name says it all: bourbon + rye = Bourye

over 25 years old

and pear on the nose with apple skin and spice on the palate

Chateau Canon Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2019 [NET] NO20230816 Bicuixe and Espadin agaveSaint milion Premier Grand Cru Class, owned since 1996 by the Wertheimer family of Chanel and the wine has, frankly, never been better. Canon sits up on the limestone plateau just outside the village of Saint milion, the terroir that gives the appellation's most aromatic, mineral driven wines. 2019 was an exceptional year on the Right Bank, and this is Canon at its most seamless: ripe but lifted, deeply fruited but framed by that cool limestone spine.