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Haut Marbuzet 2005

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > St Estèphe
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyCabernet Sauvignon

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Tasting Notes

Proprietor Henri Duboscq made a delicious, sexy style of St.-Estèphe in 2005. Dark plum/ruby/purple, with notes of smoky oak, espresso, medium body and lots of fruit, it is a relatively lush, heady style of St.-Estèphe that is far more seductive and accessible than most wines of this appellation in 2005. Drink it over the next decade. Drink: 2015 - 2025

89
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (219), June 2015
91
James Suckling, WineSpectator.com, February 2008

Tasted blind. Dark ruby with some evolution. Luscious with a query over slight TCA, but a very opulent wine with marked chewy tannins. Oddly velvety. Fades fast on the finish.
Drink 2015-2023

15.5
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, March 2017

Good saturated red-ruby. Deep, ripe, expressive aromas of black raspberry, coffee, mocha, menthol, black olive and chocolate truffle. Sweet, seamless and lush, offering excellent volume in the mouth and considerable early sex appeal. This boasts the exotic character of Haut-Marbuzet in spades. Sweet, long, large-scaled wine with fine-grained tannins arriving very late.

92
Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar, June 2008

Came 61st out of 184 wines

16.23
-, Southwold Bordeaux Tasting, January 2009
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85
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (176), April 2008

The exciting, oaky, in-your-face 2005 Haut-Marbuzet possesses a deep ruby/plum color, a sweet perfume of coffee, roasted herbs, black cherries, currants, and spice, a fleshy, medium to full-bodied style, sweet tannin, and good length. It should drink beautifully for 10-12+ years.

89/91
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (170), April 2007

Proprietor Duboscq has achieved better integration of new oak over recent vintages, resulting in the most interesting Haut-Marbuzet since the 1990. The dark plum/purple-tinged 2005 exhibits a big, sweet, flamboyant bouquet of spice box, vanillin, black cherries, and currants. Medium to full-bodied and broad, with more acidity than usual as well as ripe tannin and impressive density, it should be at its peak between 2009-2017.

90/92
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (164), April 2006

Pungent nose and very rich and ripe - very 2005 in fact with nice balance. There's good freshness here even if the acidity is higher than in many of its peers. Matter of taste. Not one of the most opulent 2005 St-Estèphes but an attractive drink. Fine tannins on the finish.

17
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, February 2009

Sweet, direct and gassy on the nose with more than a hint of woodshavings. Very dry. Some spice element to the fruit but very severe tannins. Drink 2010-20

16
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, April 2006
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