2008 - Grand Vin Château Canon Chaigneau
2008 - Grand Vin Château Canon Chaigneau
EXTREMELY LIMITED!!! A complicated start to ’08, with rains & mildew but then a flourish of warmth and sun later on saved the day, making it a Top Vintage on the Right Bank. Thierry, his 15th vintage in charge & his 27th at Cheval Blanc, crafted a stunner..
Tasting Notes:
Wonderfully balanced and elegant… but rare
Wine Profile:
Fruitness: 3/5
(1 = earthy, 5 = fruity)
Body: 3/5
(1 = Light Body, 5 = Heavy Body)
Aroma:
Truffle
Plum
Spice
Food Pairing:
Roasted Beet and Walnut Salad, Lamb Shanks Braised in Red Wine and Rosemary, Wild Mushroom and Thyme Risotto, Roasted Duck Breast with a Cherry Sauce, Aubergine Parmesan
- ’one of my favorite, more mature vintages from this Lalande-de-Pomerol estate.. enticing bouquet of red and black fruit, iodine, meat juices and rosemary; it isvery Pomerol-like,with black truffleemerging with time. … the wine soon mellows and develops what, for a 2008, is quite a plush and cohesive finish.Excellent and perfectto drink now. 2020-2025.’
Neal Martin, 91
- ‘Limpid in the glass… cedar.. cinnamon and Chinese five spice. Interestingly complex and still tasting very young, especially for the vintage. Nice ripe tannins and a typically ferrous finish. In short, lovely terroir characteristics and its proximity to Pomerol is palpable on the palate. A very accomplished wine for the vintage – accessible already but still surprisingly youthful.’
Colin Hay
’one of my favorite, more mature vintages from this Lalande-de-Pomerol estate.. enticing bouquet of red and black fruit, iodine, meat juices and rosemary; it isvery Pomerol-like,with black truffleemerging with time. … the wine soon mellows and develops what, for a 2008, is quite a plush and cohesive finish.Excellent and perfectto drink now. 2020-2025.’
‘Limpid in the glass… cedar.. cinnamon and Chinese five spice. Interestingly complex and still tasting very young, especially for the vintage. Nice ripe tannins and a typically ferrous finish. In short, lovely terroir characteristics and its proximity to Pomerol is palpable on the palate. A very accomplished wine for the vintage – accessible already but still surprisingly youthful.’
A Unique Terroir
The Néac plateau. One of the finest wines of the appellation, and one of the best value wines in France - medium bodied, not over extracted, complex, suave & extremely drinkable, typically with notes of truffle, black fruits, spice and cacao.
A Legendary Winemarker
Thierry Garnaud was maître de chai at Cheval Blanc from 1988 – 2018, responsible for such 100 Point Legends as the 1990, '98, 2000, '03, '05, '06, '08, '10, '15 & 2016.
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