1964 Château Canon St. Émilion Grand Cru Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note

Clearly, this holds its own with the best Bordeaux from 1964. Fully mature, the wine delivers a gorgeous nose of tobacco leaves, dried flowers, ocean breezes, and bright red fruits. The palate is soft, silky, and lively, with more than ample layers of sweet, ripe cherries, cocoa, plums, and the essence of minerals. No decanting, just pop and pour. Drink from 2026-2034.

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A beautiful wine in every way, the nose with its earth, tobacco, cigar box, spice, plum, cherry and cherry perfume hit all the right notes. But it was the palate, with its silky textures, fresh, sweet, ripe, soft red plums and rocks that sealed the deal. Well-stored examples of this are worth seeking out at auction today.

Opening older bottles is always a risk. There are times when the wine disappoints and there are nights when you really get lucky. and the wine just rocks. Fortunately, this bottle rocked! At days before it 54th birthday, just a pop & pour was all that was needed to display the floral, tobacco, cherry and stone nuances. The wine had concentration, freshness and fruit that felt great on your palate. The wine lingered in the glass for over 2 hours with no degradation! The finish reminds of eating fresh, juicy plums while smoking a fabulous, aged Cuban cigar! I'm temped to give it another point, as this was great.

Fully mature, it took about 20 minutes in the glass for the wine to strut its tobacco, black cherry, truffle and earthy nose. Silky, soft and polished, there are no tannins remaining here. The finish shows a nice, dark cocoa and cherry note.

The best bottle of this wine I have ever tasted. Combining truffles with a flower garden, ripe red, sweet, spicy fruits, elegant textures and a long, sweet, spicy fruit, this is drinking amazingly well for a 50 year old bottle of wine.

Truffle, tobacco, cherry blossom, earth and crushed stone scents create the perfume. Medium bodied and fully mature, the wine ended with a clean, albeit too short of a spicy, cherry filled finish. This was much better on the nose than on the palate. I've tasted better bottles. But at close to 50 years of age, there are no things as great wines, just great bottles.

Truffle, cigar box, smoke, cherry blossoms, leather, kirsch and stone aromatics are found in abundance. With textures of silk, the wine offers purity, spice and a complete, beginning, middle and end. The only quibble is, the finish while complete, was short. This St. Emilion wine at close to 50 years is probably not going to improve. But it is no danger of falling apart, as the wine remained strong for over 2 hours in the glass! This is a delicious, fully mature Bordeaux wine that is drinking perfectly, provided the bottle has good provenance.