De Ferrand 2022 (750ML)

94 DE / 94 JA / 94-93 VM / 92-94 JD / 89-91 WI 

Smells intense and inviting. Smooth and supple on the palate, creamy, sweet, tangy and cool fruit enters the palate - blueberries, raspberries, cherries and blackcurrants alongside clear minerality in the salty, liquorice, graphite and flint edge. Tannins are so well worked, really precise and do so well to give the frame and the structure. The juicy core is lovely and this has some compelling aspects in the minerality, crunchy, pure fruit and just spiced clove, cinnamon and tobacco edges. Feels nicely complete with purpose. A touch sombre but I like the seriousness. Harvest 5 September-5 October. Yield of 44hl/ha. 3.65pH. - Georgina Hindle, Decanter

Concentrated damson colour, perfumed floral aromatics, brushed velvet tannins, hit of baked cherry, peach pit and bitter chocolate gives a lovely tension and lift alongside the intense ripe fruit flavours. Tannins are elongated, with grip, and this has plenty of personality and balance, takes the imprint of the vintage but gives it a limestone twist, and will age extremely well. Family Bich. Axel Marchal consultant since 2019, 32.1ha, 32% new oak, plus 4% terracotta amphora. Around 80% of 1st wine. 3.65ph. 2022 marks the second year of Château de Ferrand’s organic conversion, and is the earliest-ripening vintage in the estate’s history, with harvest stretching from September 5 to October 5. Gonzague de Lambert director. - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

In the same league as the 2020, if not better, the 2022 Château De Ferrand offers an incredibly pure, balanced, and structured style to go with its first-rate aromatics of red and black fruits, chocolate, crushed stone, and graphite. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, with fine grained yet building tannins, it's going to warrant at least short-term cellaring, but the quality is there. - Jeb Dunnuck

The 2022 de Ferrand is deep garnet-purple in color. It features scents of cedar chest, tar, and smoked meats before giving way to a core of stewed plums and blackberry pie. Full-bodied, concentrated, and with bags of savory-laced black fruits, it has a chewy texture and just enough freshness to lift the finish. Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Independent

The 2022 Château de Ferrand (not to be confused with a similarly-titled Graves estate) was harvested from 5 September to 5 October at a respectable 44hL/ha. This is focused and fragrant on the nose with a red and black fruit mixture. Fig and espresso aromas in the background lend more complexity. Nice terroir expression. The palate is undoubtedly fresh on the entry with supple but fine tannins that frame predominantly red berry fruit laced with tobacco and black pepper. There is a convincing sense of build on the finish, completing a very promising Château de Ferrand. - Neal Martin, Vinous Media