Château Canon La Gaffelière 2020 Saint-Émilion (75cl, 13.5%)

A Saint-Émilion Premier Grand Cru Classé from Vignobles Comtes von Neipperg, vintage 2020, at 13.5% ABV in a 75cl bottle. The blend is 55% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. Harvest ran from 17 to 29 September 2020; ageing was about 16 months in new oak barrels (50%) on the lees, with no fining, and château-bottling in mid-May 2022. Organic-certified (FR-BIO-10). The estate describes it as classy, remarkably well-structured, complex, pure and elegant, with Cabernet adding power and aromatic complexity beside Merlot on warm clay-sand and clay-limestone pied de côte.