Château Ferrière is a Third Growth (Troisième Cru Classé, 1855) from Margaux, and one of the smallest classified properties in Bordeaux. The 2000 vintage reviewed here was later offered as an “ex-château” library release in 2021, indicating long cellaring at the estate before release—an attractive provenance detail for a wine now well into maturity. The château describes 2000 as “marked by an extraordinary capacity to age,” and the broader vintage reputation supports that: 2000 in Bordeaux is widely regarded as structured, ripe, and long-lived.

In the glass, this is a Margaux that reads as mature but not tired, with its fruit moving into a softer, more resolved register while maintaining polish. Wine Spectator (JM), tasting the wine blind as part of a 2000 Bordeaux retrospective, notes it is “rather modern in feel,” with “lush black Mission fig and blackberry cobbler flavors that have mellowed nicely.” That comment captures the wine’s ripe-fruit profile, but also the way two decades of bottle age have rounded the edges.

As the fruit relaxes, secondary notes take a clearer role. Wine Spectator points to “light tobacco, ganache and tar threads” that “emerge steadily on the finish,” suggesting a classic left-bank progression toward savory, darker tones without losing richness. Structurally, the same review emphasizes balance and texture, describing “the supple structure” and calling the overall impression “still rather rich and youthfully polished in feel.”

This is also an excellent professional review in context: Wine Spectator scored the 2000 Château Ferrière 90 points, a strong rating for a fully mature claret and a clear endorsement of its current drinking window. The reviewer adds a practical note for buyers and collectors: “seems like this is the peak,” with a recommended window of “Drink now through 2020.” Production is reported at “5,000 cases made,” reinforcing Ferrière’s small-scale profile among classed growths.