2003 - Grand Vin Château Canon Chaigneau








2003 - Grand Vin Château Canon Chaigneau
2003 was one of the warmest summers on record, temperatures hitting 40 degrees through July and August. Our clay soils came to our rescue once again, holding in water & insulating the terroir against excessive heat. We harvested at the earliest date on record, starting picking on the 4th of September, ensuring the wine retains a superb mineral freshness as well as a wonderful ripe concentration. A rare treat to drink top, aged fine wine, limited stocks remaining.
"A unique wine from a uniquely warm year, that is now integrating its powerful and heady, opulent fruit into its softening tannins. Still a wine of real power, but increasingly a wine of grace and elegance too."
A Unique Terroir
The Néac plateau. One of the finest wines of the appellation, and one of the best value wines in France - medium bodied, not over extracted, complex, suave & extremely drinkable, typically with notes of truffle, black fruits, spice and cacao.
A Legendary Winemaker
Thierry Garnaud was maître de chai at Cheval Blanc from 1988 – 2018, responsible for such 100 Point Legends as the 1990, '98, 2000, '03, '05, '06, '08, '10, '15 & 2016.
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