Ferrière (BIO-ORGANIC) - Margaux 2024

Decanter.com

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byGeorgina Hindlethe5/21/2025

Creamy fragrance, vanilla, mint, tobacco and dark chocolate with black cherries. Thick and nicely textured, filling in the mouth, chewy tannins have a salty, strawberry grip - just ripe with a cool grip to the palate. Elegant and charming, not big, but enough weight to be enjoyable. Not particularly layered, but charming and smooth with blueberries and salty wet stones. Refined and easy to enjoy. A touch light on the finish, the fruit is more aerial but there's no astringency or harshness. 2% Cabernet Franc completes the blend. A yield of 16hl/ha. Ageing 40% in new barrels, 40% in one wine barrels, 20% in ovoid vats and amphorae for 16-18 months. 3.80pH.

Jamessuckling.com

93-94

byJames Sucklingthe5/7/2025

A very good wine for the vintage. This has medium to full body, nice concentration and tight, fine-grained tannins with grip and length. A lot purer than 2022, as this doesn’t have that lactic note anymore. 57% cabernet sauvignon, 38% merlot and 5% cabernet franc. From biodynamically grown grapes.

WeinWisser

93-95

byTjark Witzgallthe5/6/2025

Vinous

90-92

byNeal Martinthe5/5/2025

The 2024 Ferrière was cropped at just 16 hl/ha between September 17 and October 7. This was raised in 40% new oak and 20% in ovoid amphorae. Proprietor Clare Lurton-Villars told me that this year, there is more Petit Verdot, which makes up 18% of the blend. I find this much more successful than its stablemate La Gurgue on the nose with blueberry and blackberry aromas. It's quite floral in style, with touches of violet coming through with time in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grip on the entry. This is a gutsy Ferrière, which I mean in a good way, with a deft pepperiness on the finish. It is worth seeking out.

The Drinks Business

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byColin Haythe5/4/2025

(Margaux; 70% Cabernet Sauvignon; 18% Petit Verdot; 10% Merlot; 2% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 16 hl/ha, with significant mildew losses; pH 3.80; 12.2% alcohol; certified organic and biodynamic; Eric Boissenot is the consultant; tasted with Claire & Gonzague Lurton). Brighter, fresher, more lifted, more precise and more aerial than La Gurgue, but with the same sense of softness and creaminess – rare in the vintage – somehow evident even from the aromatic profile. A lovely very pure blackcurrant fruit, again with that signature Ferrière wild herbal and floral component that reinforces the impression of something natural (this is, of course, organic and biodynamic). There’s a touch of graphite and cedar too and, with aeration, a little damson. Sumptuously refined and both soft and delicate on the attack. But then the laser-sharp pure fruit cuts through the heart of the mid-palate. Very lively and energetic and very vivid in its fruit purity, this is great success (despite the small yields) in the vintage.

Vinous

92-94

byAntonio Gallonithe4/30/2025

The 2024 Ferrière is a potent, savory wine. Petit Verdot plays an important role in this blend, as it did relatively well in 2024 in terms of yields. Dark blue-toned fruit, dried herbs, white pepper, lavender, sage and spice lend notable complexity throughout.

The Wine Cellar Insider

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byJeff Levethe4/30/2025

Flowers, red currants, and cherries already pop in the nose. On the palate, the wine is zesty and crisp, with a blast of peppery cranberries and bright, crunchy red plums that remain with you from start to finish. The wine is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Petit Verdot, 10% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc. 12.2% ABV. The yields were quite low at 16 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2028-2040.