Château Tour de Marbuzet is a Bordeaux wine

Bordeaux wine

A Bordeaux wine is any wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. Average vintages produce over 700 million bottles of Bordeaux wine, ranging from large quantities of everyday table wine, to some of the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world...

 estate in the appellation

Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée

Appellation d’origine contrôlée , which translates as "controlled designation of origin", is the French certification granted to certain French geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products, all under the auspices of the government bureau Institut National...

 St.-Estèphe. It was originally part of the great Château MacCarthy

Château MacCarthy

Château MacCarthy is a wine from the St.-Estèphe appellation area, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux region, France.Once a significant and independent estate, it was bought by the Duboscq family of Château Haut-Marbuzet in 1988 and the brand has since then been used to label the second wine of their...

 estate, divided up and sold in 1854 to Mr Laurent Mathé, a renowned viticulturist of his time. In 1981, it was bought by Henri Duboscq, owner of Château Haut-Marbuzet

Château Haut-Marbuzet

Château Haut-Marbuzet is a Bordeaux wine estate in the Saint-Estèphe appellation area of the Haut-Médoc.Although its origins go back to the 18th century, the estate only emerged as a leading quality producer from 1952 after Hervé Duboscq acquired it....

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Rated a Cru Bourgeois

Cru Bourgeois

The Cru Bourgeois classification lists some of the high quality wines from the Left Bank Bordeaux wine regions that were not included in the 1855 Classification of Classed Growths, or Grands Crus Classés...

in 1932, Chateau Tour de Marbuzet was elevated to Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in the 2003 official listing.

Production

Located on the plateau of La Peseille, in St.-Estephe, the vineyard has eastern exposure, close to the Gironde estuary.
Its 4 hectares benefit from a superior terroir

Terroir

Terroir comes from the word terre "land". It was originally a French term in wine, coffee and tea used to denote the special characteristics that the geography, geology and climate of a certain place bestowed upon particular varieties...

 of deep gravels covering a clay and limestone subsoil. The vineyards are planted with 40% Merlot

Merlot

Merlot is a darkly blue-coloured wine grape, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to derive from the Old French word for young blackbird, merlot, a diminutive of merle, the blackbird , probably from the color of the grape. Merlot-based wines...

, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Canada's Okanagan Valley to Lebanon's Beqaa Valley...

 and 20% Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the major black grape varieties worldwide. It is principally grown for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the Bordeaux style, but can also be vinified alone - as in the Loire's Chinon...

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Hand harvest allows a controlled selection of grapes, complete destalking, long maceration at high temperature, and daily pumping-overs.
The Tour de Marbuzet wine is stored one quarter in new barrels and three quarter in wooden vats. Until the bottling, it will be racked every 3 months.

Approximately 30,000 bottles are produced annually and exclusively distributed through the Groupe Duclot to restaurants, wine retailers as well as private custommers.