2007 Margerum M5

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  8/25/2016 - MarkLA wrote: 88 Points

  Kirsch, black tea, garrigue, herbes, sichuan peppercorn, with a strong violet and soil note. While the fruit is less up-front, it has retained its balance and freshness. Drink up.

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  12/25/2014 - jleonard711 Does not like this wine: 85 Points

  3 years ago this was easily a 90 point wine, but it is definitely past its prime. Very one dimensional, no fruit, very shot finish, very mediocre. This should be drank now or never.

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  1/18/2013 - brigcampbell wrote: 86 Points

  This has started to settle down. Nose is driven by the red fruit of grenache. Palate is spicy blackberry, raspberry, and black olive. Mid palate is missing. Noticeable oak on the backend. Decent acid remaining and angular tannin structure. Nice mid week quarter.

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  12/29/2012 - Bsmith4601 wrote: 85 Points

  Drank Magnum, past its prime, fruit is gone

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  11/22/2012 - jonahfactor wrote: 92 Points

  (Last of four wines served at Thanksgiving 2012) WOTN. From magnum. Fields of flowers in the bouquet with some initial tart impressions on the palate. As the air fills in the wine develops a melange of black and blue fruit flavors, mostly blackberry and blueberry notes. Hannah -- always the M5 enthusiast -- thought it tasted "like being in Mrs. Knott's kitchen" at Knott's Berry Farm -- must have been the boysenberry notes. This kicked off a lively discussion about what people tasted . . . "Ripe peaches" . . . "Nutmeg and other spices" . . . "Candied raspberries" . . . "Cumin" (cumin???). Balanced with a nice range of hot mulled spices, with a gentle flinty quality. Finish comes up a bit short which prevents this from earning a higher rating. Delicious, however, and really kicked up the energy level at the dinner table as the tryptophan started to creep in.

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