2016 - Grand Vin Château Canon Chaigneau
2016 - Grand Vin Château Canon Chaigneau
2016 was an utterly extraordinary vintage in Bordeaux and all over France, ideal growing conditions make for concentrated, tannic, balanced wines with great potential for ageing. Thierry Garnaud’s 22nd vintage at Canon Chaigneau, his 35th at Cheval Blanc.
Tasting Notes:
Rich and dense, a stentorian wine of power and grace
Wine Profile:
Fruitness: 2/5
(1 = earthy, 5 = fruity)
Body: 5/5
(1 = Light Body, 5 = Heavy Body)
Aroma:
Truffle
Plum
Soy
Food Pairing:
Truffle Risotto, Beef Wellington, Rack of Venison, and even Braised Short Ribs.
- ’A grand wine from a grand vintage…very impressive and slightly imposing wine… fresh, lithe and energetic yet plump and plush.Gorgeous texture, impressive intensityand a pleasing gentle sweetness, with little hints of cinnamon and five spice in the complex mid-palate. Plums, damsons, red and black cherries and a very long finish.A great advert for its terroir. Very promising.’
Colin Hay
- ‘… ample red cherry, raspberry and strawberry aromas laced with soy…a subtle truffle noteemerging with time... supple tannins, a fine bead of acidity, more purity.. greater depth and silkier texture. ...delicious. 2020-2030’
Neal Martin, 90
Silver Medal Concours de Bordeaux.
Gold Medal Concours Feminalise.
Silver Medal Concours Elle à Table.
"Extraordinary and concentrated, a long-lived wine that will be long-loved. Testament to the outstanding vintage that was 2016."
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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