95pts Wine Spectator

The dark currant and boysenberry fruit is distinctive, with nice rippling energy underneath. Anise, sweet tobacco and apple wood accents are starting to form on the finish. There's a lot here.
Barrel Sample: 92-95

95pts James Suckling

Very beautiful purity of fruit on the nose with currant, cherry, blackberry and dried lavender. Full-bodied, yet balanced and refined with beautiful, fine tannins and a fresh, vivid finish. I am impressed with the intensity and balance to this wine. Best ever? Try after 2026.

94pts Wilfred Wong

The 2018 Château de Ferrand—one of my consistent Saint-Émilion favorites—show excellent richness and persistence. TASTING NOTES: This wine shines with aromas and flavors of currants and dried earth. Serve it with grilled lamb shanks. (Tasted: November 10, 2021, San Francisco, CA)

93pts Jeb Dunnuck

Made from 73% Merlot and 27% Cabernet Franc, the 2018 Château De Ferrand reveals a deep, inky color as well as a brilliant perfume of cassis, black raspberries, spice box, and crushed rock-like minerality. It's relatively supple and forward on the palate, with terrific fruit and medium body, but firms up nicely on the finish with ample tannins. It might be the finest vintage I've tasted from this estate.

92pts Decanter

Austere for the first few beats, then things settle in and open up to show loganberry, raspberry and rosemary notes, with a slate texture from the mid-palate onwards that gives a lovely slow finish. One to savour. Axel Marchal is the consultant as of this vintage. Drinking Window 2024 - 2040
Barrel Sample: 91-93

Winery Notes

Located a few kilometers away from Saint-Emilion, on the right bank of Bordeaux, Chateau de Ferrand was founded in 1702 by Elie de Bétoulaud and was subsequently acquired by Baron Bich in December 1977. Since 1994, his daughter Pauline and her husband Philippe Chandon-Moët have taken over the running of the estate. Carrying out numerous improvements and innovations, their work was rewarded in the classification of Chateau de Ferrand, ranking as a Grand Cru Classe in 2012. Gonzague de Lambert has been the director of Chateau de Ferrand since 2017.

Made with great precision, the wines of Chateau de Ferrand are renowned for their structure, their aromas of ripe red fruit mixed with a delicate freshness and fine tannins.