2006 Canon la Gaffeliere

Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London.The 2006 Château Canon-la-Gaffelière has a relatively opulent bouquet compared to the 2006 Les Grandes Murailles, with scents of cassis, cranberry, leather and roasted herbs, demonstrating a little more "guts" than its peers (as Canon-la-Gaffelière is wont to do). The palate is medium-bodied with furry tannin, quite plush in the mouth with tart red cherry fruit, strawberry, morels and a vein of tobacco towards the finish that carries commendable weight. This is drinking well after ten years and should provide another five years of drinking pleasure. Tasted January 2016.

Blackish ruby. Light nose with a little caramel. Very drying tannins on the end. The fruit tastes even older than 10 years old. Very ripe fruit that lacks a bit of freshness. Difficult to suggest the right drinking window for this. Choose the food to counter the tannins! (JR)

Very dark. Sweet. Rather smooth and old fashioned. Advanced ageing. Drying on the end. Too prematurely aged. (JR)