2009 Canon la Gaffeliere Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend - 1.5L
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JS 96 WS 96 JL 95 NM 95 WE 95 WA 94 DC 92
JS 96

jamessuckling.com, March 2019

The freshness on the nose is striking and you could easily mistake this for a 4-5 year old wine. Ripe elderberry and wild blackberry notes are married to elegant tannins and a lively acidity, making this leap and bound...
WS 96

Wine Spectator, March 2012

This is well-cloaked for now in roasted vanilla and espresso notes but there's ample fleshy fig sauce and mulled blackberry fruit in reserve. The finish sports a long melted licorice snap feel. Dense but beautifully...
JL 95

TheWineCellarInsider.com, September 2019

The wine continues picking up steam, intensity and complexity as it ages. Now you find the flowers, truffles, sweet red fruits, wet earth and thyme with ease. Silky, soft and fresh, with loads of ripe, deep red fruits in...
NM 95

Neal Martin's Wine Journal, July 2013

Served blind at the Southwold 2009 tasting. You cannot really argue with wines as downright sexy as this! The 2009 has a rich, sumptuous nose with pure macerated dark cherries and cassis with hints of graphite underneath...
WE 95

Wine Enthusiast, February 2012

One of the peculiarities of St.-Émilion's classification is that Canon la Gaffelière is not classed in the top rung. Because as this wine shows it produces superb wines. This is ripe while so elegant with great intensity...
WA 94

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, March 2019

Medium to deep garnet colored, the 2009 Canon la Gaffeliere leaps from the glass with bold baked blackberries, plum preserves and blueberry compote notes with nuances of licorice, sweaty leather, tapenade and garrigue. It...
DC 92

Decanter, February 2019

Canon-la-Gaffelière has clay-limestone and sandy-clay soils that are well drained and early-ripening, and in a generous year like 2009 they provide a clear route to the kind of fleshy ripe fruits on display here. This has...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region Saint Emilion
Vintage 2009
Size 1.5L
Percent alcohol 14%
Closure Cork