Château de Ferrand 2011 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé

On the nose is fresh and offers some concentration as well as a fine, racy and discreetly tight texture. The wine wins if it is decanted. There are notes of fresh wild cassis, small fresh blue currants and more slightly graphite associated with small touches of wild raspberry, fresh tobacco as well as a discreet hint of camphor, spices and a subtle hint. of pepper. The palate is fruity, balanced and offers juiciness, a nice freshness, a fine mineral frame as well as a concentrated fruit. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of crushed wild raspberry, pulpy wild strawberry and more slightly of wild cassis associated with touches of fairly small ripe black fruits, chocolate, star anise, graphite as well as hints of tobacco. and a subtle hint of vanilla. Tannins are precise and structuring. Good length. Presence of a fine chew as well as a discreet hint of good bitterness of cocoa on the finish / persistence.