Château Haut Marbuzet 1996
Château Haut Marbuzet 1996 is a red wine from Saint-Estèphe, Bordeaux, produced by Château Haut Marbuzet, owned by Henri Duboscq. Classified as a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel, it blends 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 10% Cabernet Franc. The Wine Advocate awards it 87-88/100 with a drinking window from 2000 to 2013; Jancis Robinson rates it 15/20, with a window from 2004 to 2008. The Wine Advocate describes a medium-bodied, generous, and spicy wine marked by oak aging and rich fruit.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 12
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint Estèphe
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Haut Marbuzet
- Millésime
- 1996
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
Château Haut Marbuzet
Château Haut-Marbuzet is an estate in the Saint-Estèphe appellation, situated in the Médoc, between the Cos d’Estournel and Montrose sectors. The estate has been owned by the Duboscq family since 1952, through the GFA H. Duboscq & Fils. Its 75-hectare vineyard is planted on gravelly soil with a clay-limestone subsoil.
- Owner
- GFA H. Duboscq & Fils (famille Duboscq)
- Maître de chais
- Bruno Duboscq
- Surface (ha)
- 75.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 350 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The origins of the plots that would go on to form Haut-Marbuzet date back to the 18th century. In 1770, Pétronille and Rose Fatin inherited vineyards which were subsequently passed on, in 1825, to the Mac Carthy family, descendants of Irish Jacobite emigrants. Following a dispute over the estate, the Mac Carthy estate was divided up and a seven-hectare plot took the name Haut-Marbuzet. In 1952, Hervé Duboscq acquired this plot on a life annuity basis and set about rebuilding the vineyard. His son Henri joined the estate in 1962, before taking over its management in 1973. The Duboscq family gradually brought together plots from the former Mac Carthy estate and also acquired the châteaux of Chambert-Marbuzet, Tour de Marbuzet and Mac Carthy. The estate was classified as a ‘Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel’ in the 2003 classification. Today, the property is managed by GFA H. Duboscq & Fils; Henri Duboscq is listed as the director, whilst Bruno Duboscq is in charge of technical matters and Hugues Duboscq of sales.
