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1996 Château Marbuzet

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12/23/2023 - WojteG Likes this wine: 89 points

Gift from my cousin. He has much better wines...
Well...third-rate producer, 27 years old wine, but 1996 was an extraordinary vintage. Still tannic, youthful or slow to mature. 96 points according to the WA Vintage Guide. Slow to mature... perhaps those from the top. Let's see.
20 minutes in the decanter.
Smell - a lot of earth, leather, black tea ( well, well, well), herbs.
Taste? First of all - watery texture(no good), no tannins, visible acidity from the beginning to the end, but what else is here...
Believe it or not, but sweet fruits are still alive.
Red cherry, black cherry, plum and lot of black coffee
Short finish, but highly drinkable and it beats most supermarket wines.
Nice surprise.
Third glass and... texture is thicker, tannins show up and they are grainy, finish is much longer with red fruits, black chocolate and black pepper.

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1/4/2022 - Zweder wrote: 91 points

Gang of 4 in Covid19 times; Bordeaux, St. Estephe (@ RW): In the bouquet dark and red berries and vanilla and just after uncorking not very expressive, With more air time the wine really improved in the bouquet as well as on the palate. In the mouth the wine showed red and dark berries, cigars, smoke, oak, a firm amount of acidity and still sticky tannin. No hurry at all with this wine. It will still be a beauty in 2025.

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2000 Château Marbuzet

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11/26/2021 - elangaker Likes this wine: 92 points

Wonderful "old style" classic St Estephe, but quite similar to 90' Batailley. Coffee, violet, cedar, wild blueberry, tobacco, vanilla, silky, touch of prune...but in no way dominant. We really loved it! Nearly p&p, only 30 with Cork out before first glass...drank well for 2 hours 🤗,

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10/16/2021 - felix98 wrote: 89 points

Primarily tertiary notes. Tobacco and leather combined with dark berries. Excellent wine for the money!

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1997 Château Marbuzet

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4/14/2021 - Vanja1 Does not like this wine: 90 points

Dag 1: Lav fylning, delt kork. Aceton i starten som luftet bort, så mye stall, sviske og kaffe-aromaer. Bra syre og nokså frisk i munnen, men langt over toppen og kun interessant for å se vinens reise fra vugge til grav. 85 poeng.
Dag 2: wow! Frukten er tilbake med mørke bær! Vi en har funnet sin balanse og fremstår som en distingvert gråhåret herremann med klart blikk. Vi høyner til 89-90!

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1996 Château Marbuzet

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3/6/2021 - PatrickO33 wrote: 87 points

Cassis, old wood and a hint of bacon on the nose. Palate with strong tertiary character, dark berries still there but receding, leather, tobacco. Aged gracefully, good QPR.

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1998 Château Marbuzet

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5/28/2020 - jviz wrote: 91 points

Very nice showing. Best on day 2. Initially had a great deal of olive and brine that blew off to reveal a rather pretty left bank red with cassis and old library. Still fruit and plenty of tertiary development. Nice wine, and a sound bottle through Winebid

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1996 Château Marbuzet

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4/22/2020 - Fatty Cat wrote: 88 points

Late Apr 2020, tasting of six different Bordeaux red wines (1996 Marbuzet, 2016 Ormes de Pez, 2009 Haut Madrac, 2009 Bourgneuf, 2012 Phelan Segur, Lagrange 2012) all in 0.375 L bottles.

Chateau Marbuzet 1996, 0.375 L bottle, late Apr 2020: not decanted; crimson brown color; immediately open bouquet of cassis, chocolate, coffee and bread-like aromas; soft on the palate together with a mature acidity; a slight strange off-flavor however, prevented an excellent rating. 87-88/100

My last Marbuzet 1996 bottle (out of a 24 pieces 0.375 L bottle case purchased many years ago) offered a final very good showing. So it‘s time to say goodbye to this wine which accompanied my life the last two decades.

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1995 Château Marbuzet

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3/4/2019 - Zweder wrote: 92 points

Weekly tasting group RWP #322; Four flights of four wines; we knew nothing. (@ RW): Beautiful bouquet with dark berries and pleasant barnyard smells. On the palate autumn impressions, beautiful oak, some sweetness, and beautiful acidity. Round and soft tannin. Beautiful and fully mature wine.

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2001 Château Marbuzet

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8/9/2007 - Fatty Cat wrote: 90 points

Early Aug 2007: classic Claret aromas/flavors in nose and mouth; plenty of tannins.

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1995 Château Marbuzet

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1/24/2018 - Lype Likes this wine: NR

Still youthful and firm, meaty flavours, cedar and wood tones, inky, can be consumed now but preferably with food, will get better with age.

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1995 Château Marbuzet

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7/30/2018 - Zweder wrote: 91 points

Weekly tasting group RWP #296: A beautiful mix (@ RW): In the bouquet a lot of green bell pepper/cabernet impressions, good oak and chocolate as well. On the palate juicy red and dark berries, chocolate, well integrated oak and a firm amount of beautiful acidity. Overall a mature and beautiful, elegant wine. No need to wait any longer.

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1996 Château Marbuzet

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2/17/2018 - Fatty Cat wrote: flawed

0.375 L bottle, mid Feb 2018: cork!

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1995 Château Marbuzet

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1/24/2018 - forceberry wrote: 93 points

The former 2nd wine of Cos d'Estournel, now vinified completely separately from the fruit outside the Cos vineyards, whereas the lesser fruit and fruit from the younger vines are used in making Les Pagodes de Cos.

Slightly translucent cherry red color with subtle, developed brick orange hue. The nose feels pretty savory, somewhat developed and pretty attractive with some umami meaty character and notes of roasted bell pepper, some slightly wizened blackcurrants, light inky notes, a hint of ripe plums and a touch of cedar. A classic and harmonious claret nose. The wine feels moderately full-bodied, quite dense and even pretty robust on the palate with chewy yet juicy texture and quite intense, vibrant flavors of blackcurrant-driven dark fruits, peppery spice, some developed umami-driven beef jerky character, a little bit of meat stock and a hint of tart dark berries or sour plums. The wine is still quite structured and even somewhat tightly-knit with its moderately high acidity and quite ample and firm tannins. Overall the wine comes across as slightly developed and nicely pure-fruited, i.e. there is very little to none obvious oak character - all the wood tones have nicely integrated with the fruit. The finish is long, savory and moderately grippy with good, bright acidity and vibrant flavors of slightly wizened blackcurrants, some leafy greenness, a little bit of peppery spice and a hint of tobacco.

This is a wonderfully developed, still quite stern and tightly-knit and pretty fruit-forward Claret that is starting to show some aged character, but which is ripe enough to keep the intense dark-fruited flavors on top of the firm structure. The wine is starting to get resolved enough so that it can be enjoyed on its own, but overall the wine is still so lively and structured that I'd pair it with something hearty enough. An impressive and balanced effort that still has some way to go before hitting its peak. Will keep for a long time. Superb value at only 32,50€.

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2003 Château Marbuzet

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1/24/2018 - Eudemis Does not like this wine: NR

13.5% alcohol. The very good long dense cork is penetrated no more than a mm. Decanted an hour ahead.
Deep colour with no sign of evolution. The nose is pleasant, if not very expansive, with black berries and some kirsch. The mouth starts well enough, with very ripe dark fruit flavours, but from the mid palate onwards this is overtaken by perceived alcohol. This results in a major imbalance. Things calm down a bit with time in the glass (or is it that my palate becomes numb?), but the wine never achieves anything approaching harmony. On the positive side, the oak is well integrated, and there is no sign of impending oxidation (unlike its quasi name sake H-M of the same vintage).
I will give this a fighting chance of improvement with another few years in bottle, but there are so many better St Estèphe wines in this vintage.

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1999 Château Marbuzet

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10/7/2017 - jvjp Likes this wine: NR

Tuli toiseksi vertikaalissa

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2004 Château Marbuzet

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10/6/2017 - OBG wrote: 88 points

Plenty of medium fruit with earthy overtones. Not showing its age. Nice mouthfeel with sweetness and balanced tannins and a chewy ending.
Decent.

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2000 Château Marbuzet

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9/4/2017 - the_vine Likes this wine: 92 points

Medium ruby color, with slight tinges of browning. Still time left in the bottle, but drinking well now with 1.5 hours of decanting. Alcohol nose blows off quickly. Nose of dark cherry. Pure Bordeaux. Dusky, earthy undertones/underbelly. Medium finish.

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1996 Château Marbuzet

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12/19/2013 - Fatty Cat wrote: 94 points

0.375 L bottle, mid Dec 2013: not decanted; purple ink; cherry, plum, cassis plus vanilla, chocolate and highland coffee; light cabernet sweetness; light/medium body; clear aromatic texture.

Great bottle of a great wine. Quintessential Bordeaux. Love it.

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2005 Château Marbuzet

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3/28/2006 - Burgundy Al wrote: NR

2005 Bordeaux en Primeur; 3/26/2006-3/28/2006 (Bordeaux France): En Primeur tasting. Powerful fruit, equally powerful structure. Less fun or forward vs Pagodes, but probably more cellarworthy. Also 87-89 point potential, but 2015+ forward.

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1996 Château Marbuzet

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4/2/2014 - Fatty Cat wrote: 92 points

0.375 L bottle, early Apr 2014: deep violet red color; chocolate, cherry and black berries; medium body; some tannins.

One glass was left, consumed after 36 h: the wine hadn't decomposed. However, a distinct acid note was present.

Archetypical claret.

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11/28/2014 - Fatty Cat wrote: 90 points

0.375 L bottle, charolais steak dinner late Nov 2014: decanted; violet red; plum, smoke and roast flavors like coffee and chocolate; light body; linear texture; no finish.

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12/16/2014 - Fatty Cat wrote: 90 points

0.375 L bottle, mid Dec 2014: decanted; violet red color; smoke, coffee, chocolate in the nose; takes a while but then a classic claret feeling develops in the mouth; medium body and finish.

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1996 Château Marbuzet

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9/4/2015 - Fatty Cat wrote: 86 points

Half bottle early Sep 2015: violet-red color; coffee and chocolate in the nose; red and black berries in the mouth; however, that scenario vanished away very fast; from that minute on the numb side.

First minutes 92, then 80-82 points.

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10/2/2015 - Fatty Cat wrote: 87 points

Half bottle early Oct 2015: violet red color; red and black berries; light/medium body; missing finish.

Loved this wine (first time tasted in 2002). However, seems that his best time is over (at least in a half bottle).

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