Grands crus atlas
Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page.
Remarkably structured and complex, pure and always elegant, the wines of Canon La Gaffelière reflect, with nobility and warmth, the pursuit of perfection that guided their making.
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.
Alcohol, yield and vine age are those of the 2025 vintage; they vary from year to year. Only the area above stays stable from one vintage to the next.
| Vintage | Best score | Vintage character | Technical sheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | A dry summer and cool nights gave balanced merlots, pure and without excess ripeness. | fiche · PDF |
| 2024 | — | A difficult flowering and a wet summer reduced the harvest: light, aromatic wines, to be drunk early. | fiche · PDF |
| 2023 | — | Mildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising. | PDF français · PDF anglais |
| 2022 | — | The extreme drought was absorbed by the clays: a sun-driven concentration, but without the expected harshness. | PDF français · PDF anglais |
| 2021 | — | Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth. | fiche · PDF |
| 2020 | — | An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018. | PDF français · PDF anglais |
| 2019 | — | A hot end of summer on rehydrated soils gave a rare balance between freshness and substance. | fiche · PDF |
| 2018 | — | After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines. | fiche · PDF |
| 2017 | — | Frost struck the slope-foot vines: the plateaus saved the day, and the vintage must be judged plot by plot. | fiche · PDF |
| 2015 | — | A hot summer refreshed by August rains gave the great Right Bank vintage: sublime, built on fruit and depth. | PDF français · PDF anglais |
| 2014 | — | The Indian summer served the cabernet francs better than the merlots: sound, fresh wines, without great depth. | fiche · PDF |
| 2013 | — | Coulure decimated the merlots and the rain did the rest: a light vintage, where the gap between terroirs is wider than usual. | PDF français · PDF anglais |
| 2012 | — | Merlots brought in just before the rain made for a vintage markedly more successful than on the Left Bank. | fiche · PDF |
| 2011 | — | A warm spring followed by a wet summer gave classic wines, best drunk relatively young. | fiche · PDF |
| 2010 | — | The dry summer and cool nights gave dense, tannic wines of extraordinary ageing potential — the exact opposite of 2009. | fiche · PDF |
| 2009 | — | An ideal sun-drenched season carried the style of seduction to its peak: sumptuous, fleshy wines, immediately accessible. | fiche · PDF |
| 2008 | — | A luminous back end to the season redeemed the vintage: fine fruit and delicate balance, from very small yields. | fiche · PDF |
| 2007 | — | A cool, wet summer gave light, silky wines, with a short ageing potential. | fiche · PDF |
| 2006 | — | A wet August diluted the merlots: straightforward, restrained wines, less expressive than on the Left Bank. | fiche · PDF |
| 2005 | — | A drought that never stalled ripening gave opulent, perfectly structured merlots: a legendary vintage. | fiche · PDF |
| 2004 | — | High yields and a dry back end to the season gave an honest, straightforward vintage, unremarkable but flawless. | fiche · PDF |
| 2003 | — | The heatwave pushed the merlots into overripeness: rich, jammy wines, fresher on the clays of Pomerol. | fiche · PDF |
| 2000 | — | PDF anglais | |
| 1999 | — | A stormy summer and hail reduced the harvest: supple, fruity wines, to be drunk today. | fiche · PDF |
| 1998 | — | The August heatwave ripened the merlots ahead of the rains: the great Pomerol vintage, rich, velvety and of exceptional ageing potential. | PDF anglais |
“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.
The estate’s grand vin and other cuvées, vintage by vintage: VinCod sheet and printable PDF.
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