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Haut Marbuzet 1988 150cl

Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel | St. Estephe | Bordeaux | France
CHF 183.75
Critics scores
90 Wine Spectator
This big, ripe, soft and flashy red has decadent aromas of ripe fruit, tobacco, cedar and smoke. Medium- to full-bodied, with soft tannins and a long, fruity finish. Will improve but delicious now.--1988 Bordeaux horizontal. Best from 2000 through 2005. ?JS
88 Robert Parker
Less dramatic than either the 1989 or 1990, the 1988 is still a flashy, seductive, full-bodied, well-endowed, generously oaked wine. Its tannins are slightly more aggressive than fans of this property's wines usually expect. Nevertheless, the wine exhibits plenty of extract and size, along with some of the vintage's herbaceous character. Anticipated maturity: Now-2003. Last tasted, 6/93.
14 Rene Gabriel
War aus dem Fass konzentrierter als in der abgefüllten Flasche. Die Wertungen schwankten fast jedes Jahr. Gleich nach der Abfüllung: 16/20 Punkte. Dann, kurz vor Abschluss der relativ kurzen Fruchtphase mit 17/20 Punkten bewertet. Und jedes Mal, wenn ich ihm wieder begegnete, war irgendwie weniger drin. 99: Bereits bräunlich und stark aufhellend am Rand. Die Nase zeigt erste Oxydationsnoten, riecht wie ein ältlicher Toskaner, die Frucht ist gänzlich verschwunden. Im Gaumen sehr weich, tiefe Säure. Höchste Zeit! 14/20 austrinken
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Château Haut Marbuzet
Amongst the upper echelons of Saint-Estèphe, Château Haut-Marbuzet comfortably sits in competition with the equally eminent Cos d’Estournel and Montrose châteaux. The Duboscq family has owned and run the impressive Cru Bourgeois growth since the 1950s. Today, Henri Duboscq and his two sons, Bruno and Hughes manage the 61-hectare property. With close to half of the vines dedicated to Merlot, this high proportion accentuates the fleshy, plush side of Haut-Marbuzet wines. The grapes here are harvested exceedingly ripe, the wine is then aged in 100% new-oak barriques for 18 months. Duboscq’s extremely rich Saint-Estèphe displays the flawlessly treaded spiced notes coming from barrel maturation. The top wine, Haut-Marbuzet is a concentrated red, with brilliant notes of vanilla and subtler dark fruits, and like all the wines here, each bottle invariably outshines many of the offerings coming from the château’s biggest rivals.