26. Château Canon la Gaffelière, St-Émilion Grand Cru (L)
“This has a gorgeous herbal-fruity nose, scented, fresh and lively with raspberry leaf. Impactful on the palate straight away - the fine-grained tannins hit the mouth and expand slowly alongside the liquorice spice and dark berry fruit with violet aromas. It’s direct and linear at the moment, taut, and driven in one line. You feel it’s coiled up ready to spring with strawberry fruit and the Cabernet aspects coming through. It’s delicately textured, the mouthfeel is light and bouncy while the flavours slowly expand vertically. Touches of sweetness, bitterness and minerality appear adding interest from start to finish. I love the clarity you get. Impactful and full of complexity. Will be lovely to taste this in bottle. 5% more Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon than usual as some Merlot was lost to frost and mildew. A production of 98% grand vin.” Drink 2025 - 2045 95 pts, Decanter 411929 6 bottle limit $180 27. Château Cantenac Brown, Margaux (L) “Gorgeous fragrance and florality on the nose with ripe and perfumed black fruit and some peony touches. Smooth and supple, nicely weighted with lovely finesse and concentration to the fruit - blackcurrant, cherry and raspberry - with really juicy acidity. A lovely almost creamy aspect to the texture with just grippy and spiced tannins towards the finish. Nice aspect of oak throughout showing the ageing potential. I like this a lot, well formed, well delivered. Easy to enjoy with tons of personality.” Drink 2025 - 2045 94 pts, Decanter 425518 6 bottle limit $135 28. Cap de Faugères, Bordeaux “The 2021 Cap de Faugères is a tasty red from Silvio Denz. Dark cherry, licorice, dried herbs and coffee lend nuance to this inviting, entry- level offering.” Drink 2023 - 2031 90 pts, Vinous 450078 $35
2021 BORDEAUX
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