92 Robert Parker
The 2014 Haut Marbuzet has retained that ravishing bouquet that it showed out of barrel: plush red cherry and strawberry fruit, a little warmth, almost a cozy bouquet that you could snuggle up in on a warm night. The palate is medium-bodied with plush tannin, good body and density with kirsch, orange rind and Chinese five-spice. It is an atypical Saint Estèphe, but in 2014 this works a treat, a wine you can just revel in and enjoy, with its untrammeled deliciousness.<br/>
92 Vinous
Tasting, the 2014 Haut Marbuzet has a potent marine influence on the nose, hints of kelp and mudflats infusing the blackberry and bilberry fruit, becoming more brine-like with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with dusty tannin, moderate acidity, finally mustering some fleshiness towards the peppery finish. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
92 Robert Parker
The 2014 Haut Marbuzet has retained that ravishing bouquet that it showed out of barrel: plush red cherry and strawberry fruit, a little warmth, almost a cozy bouquet that you could snuggle up in on a warm night. The palate is medium-bodied with plush tannin, good body and density with kirsch, orange rind and Chinese five-spice. It is an atypical Saint Estèphe, but in 2014 this works a treat, a wine you can just revel in and enjoy, with its untrammeled deliciousness.<br/>
17 Rene Gabriel
50 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 40 % Merlot, 10 % Petit Verdot. Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Deutlicher Cabernet- Absender mit dezent grasigem Ansatz, Tabakblatt, man spürt sogar einen Hauch Eucalyptus im Untergrund. Markanter Gaumen, hat viel Rückhalt und zeigt Muskeln, aber auch eine schöne Ration Fleisch, die Säure ist noch etwas pikant und gibt dem Extrakt eine gewisse Rasse. Anlagen für ein gutes Leben. 17/20 2020 – 2037
17 Rene Gabriel
50 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 40 % Merlot, 10 % Petit Verdot. Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Deutlicher Cabernet- Absender mit dezent grasigem Ansatz, Tabakblatt, man spürt sogar einen Hauch Eucalyptus im Untergrund. Markanter Gaumen, hat viel Rückhalt und zeigt Muskeln, aber auch eine schöne Ration Fleisch, die Säure ist noch etwas pikant und gibt dem Extrakt eine gewisse Rasse. Anlagen für ein gutes Leben. 17/20 2020 – 2037
90 James Suckling
Rather an easy-drinking wine for St.-Estèphe with sweet fruit and moderate tannins until you hit the firm, dry finish. Nowhere near as oaky as this used to be.