2008 Château de Ferrand

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  8/21/2021 - JBGaskin wrote: 90 Points

  Down to the last 2 of a case I bought years ago. Surprisingly, the wine was great even though it may be past it’s prime. Dark fruit with a hint of licorice and oak with medium tannins. Was best on the second day.

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  7/20/2021 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 92 Points

  From a magnum that I bought at the chateau a few years ago. I was worried, both by the drinking window listed on CT and the past reviews. I managed to decant this in my hotel room for 6 hours before dinner (where there is a will there is a way) and it had opened up and was lovely.
  I did have a taste soon after opening and it was closed and had a slight tinny off taste. But after the decant it was gone and the wine had classic bordeaux flavors of plums, cassis, mild tobacco and leather. Tannins were so smooth. No greeness or tartness at all. A big hit with our group (which has varying levels of wine interest/experience)

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  4/27/2018 - Henman Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Popped from a half bottle 2 hours before pouring. Subtle nose of tobacco and funk. Medium bodied with firm tannic grip, still quite youthful, showing austere oak, pencil lead, dark fruit, firm acidity and dusty tannins. Felt overall a bit harsh or green. Could certainly benefit from more years in the cellar or perhaps a longer decant.

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  5/26/2017 - cltean Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I definitely agree with others this wine needs lots of aeration to open up. If the bottle had been consumed within 2 hours of opening, it would have said this was an 86-87 pt wine. However, it opens up very nice with aeration and was quite enjoyable.

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  3/13/2017 - cufflink13 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted for an hour, changed nicely over time from licorice and cassis to soft fruit and firm tannins to a nice soft wine at hour 3.

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