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Tasting notes
Score 75/100 · Drink 1988-2000, Robert Parker, Jan 1998

While Canon produced a good wine in 1978 and 1979, and a great, perhaps legendary, wine in 1982, and excelled in 1985, 1986, 1988, and 1989, the 1981 falls way short of my expectations. The chateau's obsession with new oak barrels has rendered a wine that from its birth was too light and fragile to absorb the full impact of the tannin and vanillin from new barrels. The wine is overly tannic, lean, and out of balance. Time may help, but don't count on it. Anticipated maturity: Now-2000. Last tasted, 2/88.

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Critic scores
75
75/100

Robert Parker

About the producer

Château Canon 1:1
Canon

Ch. Canon is one of the top estates in Saint-Emilion, classified as a Premier Grand Cru Classé “B”. Positioned on the region’s limestone plateau, it produces one of the appellation’s most elegant wines.

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Grape Blend

Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Classification

Premier Grand Cru Classé B

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