Why this vintage
- 95/100 from James Sucklingand 4 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2020 vintage in MargauxAn early, hot year, with a harvest under pressure: a dense, juicy classic, ripe without heaviness.
Critic scores
- James Suckling95
- Vinous95
- Wine Enthusiast95
- Decanter94
- Wine Advocate93
The 2020 vintage in Margaux
Vintage benchmark: 94/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: An early, hot year, with a harvest under pressure: a dense, juicy classic, ripe without heaviness.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Margaux. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Blend of the 2020 vintage
- 68 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 27 % Merlot
- 3 % Petit verdot
- 2 % Cabernet franc
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2020 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot, cabernet franc — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Winemaking
Plot-by-plot vinification. Alcoholic fermentation with natural yeasts. Pump-over of half a volume per day for gentle extraction. 3 weeks of maceration. Vinification at a temperature below 25°C.
Ageing
18 months of aging: 40% in new barrels, 40% in one-year-old barrels, 20% in TAVA amphorae.
Terroir
24 hectares of deep gravel over limestone marl. In the heart of the Margaux appellation.
An offer on Château Ferrière 2020
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Texts and documents 2020
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 29, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.