Château Haut-Marbuzet ( French Château Haut-Marbuzet ) - a well-known French winery with an area of 65 hectares , located in the commune of Saint-Estef (Saint-Estèphe), the district of Medoc (Médoc), the Bordeaux region (Bordeaux) and has the right to indicate Appellation Saint-Estèphe contrôlée. [1] Independent family property since 1952. Labor Ervé (Hervé), and then Henry Dubosc (Henri Duboscq), raised O-Marbuse to the rank of the best vineyards of the Medoc district. First listed on the Crus Bourgeois list in 1932, O Marbuse was approved in the 2003 Crus Bourgeois Exceptionnels category. [2] In 2009, the Liv-ex site ( London International Vintners Exchange ) proposed its classification of Bordeaux wines, where the Château of O Marbuse is located potentially in the Fourth Grand Cru.
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History
Despite its founding in the 18th century , the château gained fame starting in 1952, when, when dividing the MacCarthy estate, Ervé Dubosque acquired a 7-hectare vineyard for life for rent. [3] The self-taught was able to revive the vineyard and organize the direct sale of its wines to the consumer. His son Henry Dubosque, in 1962, joined the production of wine in an individual and sensual style, based on the abundant use of Merlot and aging products in new oak barrels [4] ; as a result of soft tannins . [5] [6] [4] [7]
Soil
Marbuzet is located between Cos d'Estournel and Montrose, the soil is clay-calcareous, the base layer is a flat sand and gravel crest of the Günts glaciation. The composition of the vineyard: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon , 40% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc with a high planting density of 9,000 vines / hectare.
Wine
The grape harvest, sometimes carried out in a phase close to overripe and the use of new oak barrels, helps O-Marbuse to make a strong and spicy wine, that is, a wine that has been ripening for at least 5 years. According to Bernard Ginestet “in the range of tannin-containing, that is, strict Sant Estef, O-Marbuse surprises with fruity softness and captivating charm of its quickly released aromas” [3] . According to Michel Bettane, Michel Bettane has demonstrated “subtlety previously unknown” and more pronounced classicism in recent years [4] . In good years, this is a wine with a very long shelf life (up to 30 years).
See also
- Winemaking in France
Links
- ↑ Elite Wines of France , Yu.Zybtsev, Zhigulsky Publishing House, Moscow, Modern Retail and Restaurant Technologies, 2002, pp. 19-21, 35-36
- ↑ crus-bourgeois.com 2003 Official List
- ↑ 1 2 Le Grand Bernard des Vins de France , Bernard Ginestet, éditions Nathan, 1985, p. 132
- ↑ 1 2 3 Le Grand Guide des Vins de France 2009 , de Bettane et Desseauve, éditions Minerva, 2008, p. 293
- ↑ L'Atlas Mondial du Vin - 5ème édition , de Hugh Johnson et Jancis Robinson, Flammarion, 2002, p. 88
- ↑ Le Grand Guide des Vins de France 2011 , de Bettane et Desseauve, Editions de La Martinière, 2010, p. 240
- ↑ Guide des Vins de Bordeaux de David Peppercorn, éditions Flammarion, 1987, page 115