2022 Chateau Canon Saint Emilion Grand Cru FUTURES - Pre-Arrival

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Few places in the world capture the essence of history, craftsmanship, and timeless beauty like Château Canon. Nestled on the limestone plateau of Saint-Émilion, this Premier Grand Cru Classé estate has spent centuries perfecting the art of winemaking. Owned by Chanel since 1996, the château has seen a renaissance, blending tradition with modern elegance, much like the fine tailoring of the legendary fashion house itself.

The heart of Château Canon lies in its exceptional terroir—a nearly walled-in vineyard where Merlot thrives, bringing finesse and deep, ripe fruit. Cabernet Franc, carefully interwoven, adds structure, grace, and age-worthiness. The result? A wine that doesn't just speak of its origins—it sings.

This 2022 vintage is poised to be another collector’s dream. Expect a velvety texture, a rush of vibrant red and black fruit, and an almost architectural balance between richness and precision. It’s a wine that tells a story from the first sip—one of Saint-Émilion’s rolling vineyards, sun-drenched days, and centuries of dedication.

Whether you plan to cellar it for the future or savor it with a perfectly seared filet, this is a wine that deserves attention. Secure your allocation now—because when a wine of this caliber is released, it never lingers for long.

60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc. A seamless harmony of richness and elegance, this wine opens with aromas of ripe black cherries, crushed raspberries, and violets, layered with hints of graphite and fresh tobacco. The palate is deep and refined, showcasing velvety tannins and a core of dark plum, cassis, and baking spices. The Cabernet Franc lends structure and a long, mineral-driven finish, while the Merlot adds plushness and finesse. A Saint-Émilion classic built to age gracefully.

From an estate that is delivering its greatest run of vintages since the superb Post War series that preceded the frosts of 1956, the 2022 Canon is a magical wine that will be worth every effort to track down. Wafting from the glass with aromas of dark berries, wild plums and cherries mingled with hints of bay leaf, spices and violets, it's full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, with huge levels of concentration, vibrant acids and beautifully refined tannins. Concluding with a long, saline finish, this pure, perfumed and ineffably complete Canon is built for the ages, even if its structural polish is such that it will be approachable at a surprisingly early age. ~99-100 WA

Aromatically, the wine pops with its floral bouquet coupled with notes of mint, crushed stones, red fruits, licorice, spice, and wild cherries. On the palate, the wine is perfectly poised with elegance, finesse, silky, freshness, sexiness, sensuality, and a tannic structure allowing the wine to age and evolve for 4-5 decades with ease. From start to finish, the fruits display a remarkable sense of purity with a salt-tinted edge in the finish. There are no hard edges. The finish is seamless. This is a beauty! Drink from 2029-2065. ~99 The Wine Cellar Insider

Tasted on three separate occasions (and I thought it had the potential to be a perfect wine on one of those), the 2022 Château Canon is an incredible wine in the making, and it might be the finest in the series starting in 2015. A blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc harvested between August 30 and September 22, it comes from yields of 45 hectoliters per hectare and hit 14.5% alcohol. The élevage will run 16-18 months in just 30% new French oak. As classy as they come, it has a beautiful perfume of red and blue fruits as well as notes of white flowers, truffly earth, woodsmoke, and forest floor. With incredible density, a multi-layered texture, ultra-fine tannins, and integrated acidity, this incredible Canon will evolve for 30-40 years. I finished my rough note on this with "Pure class." ~97-99+ JD

Endless on the palate with plenty of umami character. So Canon in its nature with plenty of fruit and fine tannins, yet almost weightless. The structure is all there. Electric. Long, long, long. 75% merlot and 25% cabernet franc. ~98-99 JS

The 2022 Canon is elegant and sensual, with virtually no sensation of tannin. A wine with no beginning and end, Canon is totally seamless. All the Canon signatures are there, but woven together in an effortless, gracious expression of this site. It's the sort of wine that is about subtlety and nuance more than power. Dark red/purplish fruit, lavender, rose petal and spice caress the palate, but ultimately, Canon is above all else a wine of exquisite detail. Haute couture. Tasted three times. ~96-99 AG-VM

A superb Canon in 2022. Supple, shiny, oh so charming, gorgeously sleek and well textured like pure silk but with density to the tannins that grips and coats the mouth, plus you know there's such power and concentration underneath in the waves of liquorice, stones, blackcurrant fruit. Extremely polished and charming. Vibrant, energetic, tense, and straight. It's not plush, more direct, but this wine thrills. Seamless and effortless, bright and energetic but with such a calm control and confidence. A stunning wine more for what it doesn't say than what it does in 2022. A yield of 45hl/ha. pH 3.5. 18 months ageing with 50% new oak. Harvest 30 August - 22 September. 98 Decanter

The 2022 Canon was picked from 30 August to 22 September and is matured in 50% new oak for a planned 18 months. It has a beautifully-defined bouquet with plumes of blackberry, raspberry and subtle violet flower scents. The palate is very fresh on the entry, announcing a relatively linear Canon. The limestone terroir seeps into every pore of this Saint-Emilion. This is one of the more intellectual and saline Canon wines in recent years. A triumph in such a hot growing season, elevated by its limestone soils. ~96-98 NM-VM