Chateau Canon - Croix Canon 2021

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Vibrant, elegant, soft, forward, and already approachable with its core of flowers, leafy herbs, tobacco leaf, spearmint, and spicy, savory, olive-tinted, cherries. This fresh, medium-bodied wine is good to go on release. This is perfect for early drinking pleasure while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. Drink from 2024-2033."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The last few vintages of this bottling have established its status as one of Bordeaux's finest second labels (though since it derives from dedicated holdings below Berliquet, it's not a "second wine" in the strict sense), and the 2021 Croix Canon confirms that trend despite the more challenging growing season. Offering up aromas of raspberries and minty blackberries mingled with rose petals and spices, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with good depth and density for the vintage, built around succulent acids and powdery tannins."

JEB DUNNUCK: "Always from the same parcel of slightly sandier soils (there's also more Cabernet Sauvignon here), the 2021 Croix Canon has bright cherry, flowers, violets, and loamy earth notes in a medium-bodied, elegant, seamless package. It's beautifully balanced and an outstanding second wine to drink over the coming 7-8 years, if not over a decade."