TN: 1996 Château Canon (France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru)

WINE TALK
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1996 Château Canon - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru (7/5/2019)
– decanted immediately before initial taste –
– tasted non-blind over a couple hours –

NOSE: black tea; camphor; eucalyptus; strong mineral earthy; plenty of tertiary character to go around here.

BODY: dark garnet-black color of medium-deep depth with bricking throughout; medium-light to medium bodied.

TASTE: probably in its prime drinking window right now; “dark” — dark fruits and leather; good acidity; lightly tannic; strongly tertiary. Drink now and over the next few years. Low-level excellent.

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You dodged a TCA bullet.

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This one’s notorious for it?

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https://www.thewinesociety.com/grower-profile-chateau-canon

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That’s wild, I don’t ever remember hearing about a TCA problem at Canon. I’ve only had the '96 once, ok but didn’t love, but that is '96 RB for me.
I’ve certainly drunk lots of Canon 1970-1990, and don’t remember many corked bottles. I don’t think I have had any 1991-1995, but CT doesn’t seem to show TCA flawed bottles.

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News to me too, about the Canon TCA issue.

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news to me too! luckily most of my Canon is post revitalize. but the 86 I had a couple years ago was why I got into wine!