The usual blend for this estate would be around 60-65% Cabenet Sauvignon with the balance being Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. No Malbec is utilized at this estate.
Soils here are deep gravel on limestone marl, which gives the wines of Ferriere an intense perfume of mixed black fruits, dried herb, notes of crushed violet and a stony minerality.
Robert Parker… 'Along with the 1995, this is the finest Ferriere I have ever tasted. The 1996 is an opaque purple-colored, sweet wine, with plenty of dense berry fruit, lavish quantities of new oak, and a mineral, oaky character that enhances the wine. It is medium-bodied, full, and deep, although somewhat monolithic. If more complexity emerges, this could turn out to be a sleeper of the vintage