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  • Country ranking ?

    1 333
  • Producer ranking ?

    20
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Garlic Roasted Pork Shoulder

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Each year, Wine Spectator editors survey the wines reviewed over the previous 12 months and select our Top 100, based on quality, value, availability and excitement. This annual list honors successful wineries, regions and vintages around the world.

Château Canon-La Gaffelière 1998 was in the fifth place on the Wine of the Year in 2001 list.

Wonderful aromas of ripe fruit, Indian spices and mineral. Full-bodied, with fine tannins and a p...

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The Story

A new approach starting in 1985

Stephan von Neipperg totally redefined viticulture and winemaking at Canon La Gaffelière, succeeding in reflecting the very best of what the estate has to offer. The present richness and concentration of its wines place Canon La Gaffelière among the top crus classés of Saint Emilion - which was exactly its position in the 1940s.

For quite some time, this siliceous terroir suffered from a fairly mediocre im...

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Origin

St. Emilion, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h
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