'Croix Canon - Clos Canon' 2018 
Chateau Canon
Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux
(Right Bank)

AGEING: 18 months with 65 % new barrels for Château Canon & 25 % for Croix Canon
CROIX CANON BLENDING: 76 % Merlot 24 % Cabernet Franc
SURFACE UNDER PRODUCTION: 9.33 hectares dedicated to Croix Canon
SOIL: Clay-limestone plateau
EXPOSURE OF THE VINEYARD: South/Southwest
DENSITY OF PLANTATION: Between 6,500 and 7,200 plants/ha
AVERAGE AGE OF THE VINES: 30 years
HARVEST: By hand and transported in small crates
SORTING: Manual selection
VINIFICATION: Separate vinification, vatting using gravity, into conical shaped stainless steel vats with a double walled system for temperature control. Malolactic: 1/3 in new barrels and 2/3 in stainless steel vats
AGEING: In French oak barrel, with a medium or medium-long toasting. Racking via the bunghole. Fining with egg whites, depending on the vintage
ALCOHOL LEVEL: 14 %

WA 91-93

This is not a second wine of Canon but a separate vineyard that borders Canon at one small section. The 2018 Croix Canon is made up of 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc, with a pH of 3.69 and 14% alcohol. Deep garnet-purple in color, it opens with Morello cherries, black raspberries and stewed tea notions, giving way to hints of menthol, tobacco, sandalwood and fragrant earth plus a waft of dried mint. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has surprising elegance with plenty of freshness lifting the softly textured red and black fruit preserves, finishing on an iron ore note.