Chateau Canon (Canon Fronsac), 1990

This 1990 Bordeaux from the satellite appellation of Canon-Fronsac, is past its prime but still drinking reasonably well.

Lots of amber in the color and not very bright. Smells are lively and pretty. Dark fruit. With a couple of hours of aeration, sweet Merlot flavors emerge. Not much acid, not much tannin at this stage and not very complex. Modestly priced wines from the 1980s and early 1990s probably did not have best conditions for transport and storage.