Château de Ferrand Saint-Émilion Grand Cru 2001

Another Bordeux to try, this one from St-Hippolyte, east of Saint-Émilion. Opened to quite an expressive bouquet of raisins, prunes, cinnamon, earth and wood. On the palate it was quite refined, with balanced fruits over some slightly greenish but softening tannins, with a nice stoney minerality beneath. Overall quite a competent and generous wine which should cellar further reasonably successfully.
50+4+13+17+7 = 91/100