Saint-Émilion · vintage 2009
The 2009 vintage in Saint-Émilion
Vintage benchmark: 99/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: An ideal sun-drenched season carried the style of seduction to its peak: sumptuous, fleshy wines, immediately accessible.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Saint-Émilion. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Tasting
A rather intellectual wine, marked by finesse and by more open contours that age somewhat faster. The floral side is always blended with the fruit, with a note leaning towards forest floor, giving great pleasure on the nose and palate, with delicacy throughout.
Blend of the 2009 vintage
- 55 % Merlot
- 35 % Cabernet franc
- 10 % Cabernet-sauvignon
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2009 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with 50 % merlot, 40 % cabernet franc, 10 % cabernet sauvignon — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2009 sheet
- 14 % vol.Alcohol
- 34 hl/haYield
- 45 yrsVine age
- 65,000 bottlesProduction
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Winemaking
Alcoholic fermentation and maceration take place in wooden vats, so that the wine develops its full potential of colour and flavour. Each vat is handled according to its characteristics, with very slow punching down so that the grapes open gently. The different stages of vinification are carried out with respect for the raw material, to bring out the best of the harvest.
Ageing
15 to 20 months in new oak barrels (80 to 100%) on fine lees. Fining and filtration if necessary, depending on the vintage
Terroir
Château Canon La Gaffelière stands at the gates of the medieval village of Saint-Emilion, at the foot of the slope. The vineyard lies on the south-facing side of the hillside. Over an area of 19.5 hectares, clay-limestone and clay-sandy soils make up a complex yet exceptional terroir. At the surface, sand becomes more and more dominant the further one moves from the foot of the slope. Because of the nature of the soils, the grape variety balance is nearly even, which is quite atypical. It is split between 55% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Texts and documents 2009
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Visuals
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