Chateau Canon Croix Canon 2018

Chateau Canon Croix Canon 2018
14.5% alcohol, cork, Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France.

Blend of merlot (65%) and Cabernet Franc (35%).

The sweetness of this wine’s aromatics is quite arresting. Raspberry and blackcurrant jam with flashes of kirsch. These characters continue on the palate, where subtle mint, leaf and tobacco characters drift through, along with plum, coffee and smoked cedar. It’s inviting, for certain. It’s well structured too, the tannin bringing a mineral-like edge, though it’s by no means overtly tannic, and the fruit continues to flow. This wine will perform well in the cellar, over the medium term at least, but it’s so well integrated and indeed so accessible now that there isn’t a great reason to wait – outside of personal flavour profile preference. 92 points