2020 Château Ferrière

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  4/8/2024 - Force5 Likes this wine:

  Very open-knit, medium-bodied, and delicious. However I am getting more of the warm-brick towards red-fruited spectrum of aromas than dark. A touch of minerality in the nose and a good dose of green pepper in the flavors. Has a plenty of the fine furry tannin that makes me think 'modern' winemaking. Just 13.5%. Have seen some folks advertising near $30 which is a smashing value, but price to me is just under $50.

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  3/23/2024 - Romol Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Not decanted. Drunk over two days. A good Bordeaux, at a good price. I could imagine that with more time in the cellar it could gain some complexity and depth. 91 pts. at the moment.

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  8/21/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points

  Blackberries, currants, flowers and spice create the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, soft, round and fruity, with an edge of dark cocoa and plums in the fresh , vibrant, long and resonating finish. With age, this could score even higher. The wine blends 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc. 13.1% ABV. Drink from 2025-2042.

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  8/18/2023 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Lovely Ferriere, one of the most charming and open-knit to date. It's black-fruited in tone, ripe but cool, summer berries enjoyed with a night breeze, accented very lightly with toasty cedar. The tannins are present enough to give you a sense of chewing on the skins, but they are so refined the sensation in tossing it around your mouth is pure satin and velvet. Ferriere is usually firmer if not positively muscular at this early stage, so this is an exceptionally user-friendly vintage both in its fruit and mouthfeel.

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  4/16/2023 - Léognan Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  Wood, wood, wood - nothing else. No trace of fruit or flower, nothing! Incredible, considering the fact that I gave, two years ago, 95 points for the Ferrière 2018. First step down for the 2019 on 2022, and now this really bad experience with the 2020 in bottle.
  Am Tag 9 nach dem Öffnen der Flasche und nach sehr ausgiebigem Dekantieren zeigt der Ferrière 2020 immerhin Ansätze dessen, was in ihm steckt. Immer noch ein harter Brocken (obwohl sich das Holz ein wenig integriert hat), schälen sich Noten von Schwarzbrot, Anis und Fenchel heraus und schüchtern ganz im Hintergrund doch auch, gepaart mit Wacholder, etwas getrocknete Cassisbeeren. Und so etwas im Nachhall, als bisse man in Rosenblätter. Gleichsam ein Hauch von Parfum im Abgang...
  Man kann sagen, der Ferrière 2020 deutet ein Versprechen für seine Zukunft an. Hinter der Bretterwand, die ihn zur Zeit massiv umgibt.
  Wenn man das in Punkte fassen soll: 87(+++?)

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