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Château Haut-Marbuzet
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2022
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
A gem of a wine with its blend of ripe, fleshy, blackberries, espresso, smoke, dark chocolate, and spice. The wine is expressive, showy, and packed with layers of polished, sweet, lush fruits with length, vibrancy, and character. It is nice to see a return to a high-level of quality for this estate. Drink from 2026-2045. 94-96 Pts. 2,943 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2021
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Espresso, peppery red fruits, smoke, licorice and spice aromatics pop in the nose. The palate is polished, round, medium-bodied, fruity and forward, with an espresso tinted accent that comes along with the cherries and currants in the finish. This is going to be easy to enjoy on release and over the next decade or a bit longer. Drink from 2025-2037. 266 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Round, polished, fruity and forward, the soft, smoky, dark red fruits with their espresso tinted accent are going to be easy to enjoy on release and over the next decade or so. Drink from 2023-2034. 90-92 1,444 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2020
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Deeply colored, the wine pops with its showy nose of espresso, truffle, smoke, licorice, cocoa, blackberry and black cherries. Medium/full-bodied, with soft, silky, polished textures, lift and multiple layers of ripe, sweet, polished, lusciously-textured fruits that linger. This scored much higher in bottle than it did in barrel as the is close to fully integrated. This is clearly the best vintage ever produced at Haut Marbuzet! Give it a few more years in the cellar and you are going to have a gem in your cellar. Drink from 2025-2045. 1,713 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Dark in color, the wine offers notes of coffee bean, cherries, smoke, spice and peppery herbs. Medium/full-bodied, with a strong oak presence that accompanies the round textures and all the herbs, spices and fruits. The wine ends with a savory character on top of the espresso tinged finish. The oak is still quite present, so give it time to come around. If it integrates, this will be a better wine. 91-93 Pts 2,511 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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2019
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
There is a strong oaky note on the nose, which is the first thing you notice until you begin to dig into all of its spicy, savory-tinged, red fruits, citrus and wet earthy nuances. Lush, round and richly textured, the medium-bodied wine shows a plush, polished, fresh, sweet, vibrant cherry character that shines brightly on the mid-palate and in the finish. Drink from 2025-2037. 2,418 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022With a nice dark color, the wine is lush, round and generous. The espresso bean, dark red berry and earthy character shows well here. The oak is still quite present, so give it time to come around and if it integrates, this will be a better wine. 91-93 Pts 4,810 Views Tasted Jun 16, 2020 |
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2018
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Flowers, espresso, smoke, tobacco leaf, barbecue and black cherries create the aromatic qualities. The wine is rich, round, supple and fruity, with hints of vanilla overtones that ride along perfectly with all the ripe, red berries. This is the best vintage of Haut Marbuzet I have tasted in years. 2,619 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021Dark in color, the wine shows espresso, smoke, earth, thyme, smoke and black cherry with leafy aromatic qualities. This is a super vintage for Haut Marbuzet. The wine is medium bodied with round, juicy, sweet, deep red fruits and a forward style. 91-93 Pts 4,061 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2017
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Medium-bodied, fresh, bright, and aromatic, with a lean to its floral, tobacco, espresso, and currant personality, you can enjoy this now and for at least another 15 years with ease. Drink from 2022-2037. 2,053 Views Tasted Aug 23, 2022Espresso, earth, tobacco haze and blackberries on the nose, this is medium bodied, bright, fresh and soft. You may enjoy this wine early, as the tannins and fruits are extremely tender. 3,247 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Smoky, espresso, red plum, cedar and tobacco notes on the nose are paired with the round, forward, sweet, and toasted palate. Early drinking with an open character, this should evolve for 15-20 years with ease. 3,313 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Round, plush textures, dark, juicy, fat plums, blackberries and happy tannins climax in a smoky, oaky, tasty finish. Best wine here in years! 3,692 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2015
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
It's oaky, but there is ample dark, red earthy berries that work with it. Smoky with a strong espresso note, the wine is round, lush, forward and tasty, with a blackberry and bitter cocoa note in the finish. The wine is better in bottle than it showed in barrel, which is always a good sign. 4,956 Views Tasted Sep 29, 2019Espresso, earth, blackberry and coconut aromatics move you to a round, forward, easy-to-taste, dark, red fruit-focused wine with an oaky presence. 88 - 90 Pts 5,483 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2016 |
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2014
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
A pleasing depth of color, a nose of espresso, earth, blackberry and a sniff of the old cigar box, this wine finishes with a blast of plush, full basket of blackberries and cocoa. 89-91 Pts 6,394 Views Tasted Apr 13, 2015 |
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2013
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Forward, medium bodied, and a bit too much on the bright red, berry side, with an oaky edge to the overly fresh, red fruits. 2,939 Views Tasted Feb 6, 2018 |
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2012
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
With cedar wood, earth and dark berries, this soft, round-textured, medium-bodied wine is forward in style and finishes with soft ripe cherries. 87-89 Pts 5,140 Views Tasted Apr 23, 2013 |
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2011
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Blending 50% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot, the wine reached 13.4% ABV. Aged in 100% new oak for 12 months before being moved to one year-old barrels to finish the aging. Only a small percentage of the vines were damaged by the September hail storms. They were forced to pick some of their Cabernet Sauvignon vines a little earlier than they would have liked for fear of rot. Ruby in color with oak, clay, earth and wood in the nose. Round, sweet dark berries in the mouth, but there is a woody dry sensation in the finish. This is the 50th vintage for the owner. 85-88 Pts 4,348 Views Tasted Apr 8, 2012 |
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2010
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Haut Maubuzet - Medium boded, cassis filled, correctly made, beefy wine that should drink well shortly after release. 87-89 Pts 8,233 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2011 |
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2009
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Vanilla, herbs, cedar wood, blackberry, smoke and pepper in the nose, round and opulent in texture, the wine ends with sweet, ripe blackberries and toast. Haut Marbuzet is a wine that always drinks well on the young side due to its lavish oak treatment 5,907 Views Tasted May 3, 2012 |
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2008
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Already fun to drink, the wine offers blackberries, earth, smoke and coffee bean aromas, soft tannins with a slightly, oaky finish. 4,452 Views Tasted Jul 17, 2013 |
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2006
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Oaky, round, lush and ready to drink, with its medium/full bodied, licorice, smoke, espresso, blackberry, plum and tobacco filled charm. 4,317 Views Tasted May 25, 2016 |
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2005
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Medium/full bodied withsoft, round textures and a perfume filled with coffee bean, black raspberry, wild strawberry, plum and spice, the wine is already drinking well. This will probably be at its best over the next decade as it does not seem to have the stuffing to make it to old age. 5,903 Views Tasted May 15, 2012 |
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2003
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Lush, round and soft in texture, medium bodied and ready to go, the dark red, earthy fruits are silky and seductive. The wine still shows a bit of oak, but the wealth of fruit and opulent textures more than grabs your interest. 3,950 Views Tasted Aug 23, 2015 |
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2000
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
I was surprised by how hard and firm this bottle showed. The wine is much better on the nose than the palate. Usually, the wine is round, voluptuous and fun, but not in this vintage. Did they miss the boat in 2000? Such is life... 3,551 Views Tasted Oct 8, 2016 |
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1990
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Tobacco, smoke, earth, forest floor, cassis, wood and red plums, medium/full bodied with plush, soft textures. The wine offers more on the nose than the palte. After giving pleasure since the day it was bottled, this St. Estephe wine has started to gently decline. My last bottle of a case purchase. Drink up as it's going to continue losing fruit. 3,638 Views Tasted Oct 24, 2011 |
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1982
Château Haut-Marbuzet (St. Estèphe)
Not quite the voluptuous beauty I remember this tasting like several years ago. But there is still a lot to like here. The earthy, tobacco, cassis, thyme and cherry pipe nose hits the spot. Soft, round and requiring no decanting time, this is slightly more than fully mature. So if you are sitting on any remaining bottles, drink up. 3,582 Views Tasted Oct 8, 2016 |
