A brief history
As you look out from the village of Saint Emilion, you will see a landscape unlike any other - parcels of vines on dark green hillsides surrounding Château Canon. The Merlot and Cabernet Franc vines, whose grapes go into the château’s wine blend, flourish here on this limestone plateau with slopes which glide gently down to the Dordogne River.
Here you can feel the presence and tranquility of time, like nowhere else on earth. Protected by high stone walls, the hillside vineyards produce wines of great depth and elegance. At Château Canon, history seems to be immutable, like the geological strata which lie below. And yet...
