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2016 Margerum M5
Red Rhone Blend
- USA
- California
- Central Coast
- Santa Barbara County
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Community Tasting Notes 10
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Laz4wine Likes this wine: 89 points
January 13, 2023 - About the same with high acidity/sourness but a bit smoother with clean clipped finish. Nice balance and salty-food friendly.
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VCiolino wrote:
November 13, 2020 - Nice nose, no follow through on palate. Unimpressive
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Laz4wine Likes this wine: 89 points
August 18, 2020 - Similar positive TN, very Rhone style with a little funk and forest floor, a bit high on the tart raspberry-lemon fruit / acid balance but some dark plum and mocha notes made it enjoyable overall.
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Immigrator Likes this wine: 91 points
May 31, 2020 - A solid GSM and good value in the mid to upper $20s that’s comparable in value to similarly priced French Rhône wines.
This one needed about an hour to open up, but rewarded us with a well integrated wine with plenty of red, purple, and black fruit, dried herbs, and medium tannins.
Incidentally, I met Doug Margerum in a bar in Boston a couple of years ago and had a good conversation about his GSMs from cooler Santa Barbara county versus my preference for wines made from the same grapes in warmer Paso Robles (Saxum, Linne Calodo, Epoch, etc.). Though it took me two years to come around to trying his wine, and I still prefer Saxum et. al., the value in M5 is unmistakeable and I will definitely buy more. Good wine from a good guy. -
Baerst Does not like this wine: 82 points
October 31, 2019 - Too tart. Out of balance.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Margerum
- Varietal Red Rhone Blend
- Designation M5
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Central Coast
- Appellation Santa Barbara County
- UPC Code 000000779241
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 50 (17%)
- Consumed 237 (83%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
89% Like It 9 votes
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- ProducerMargerum
- VarietyRed Rhone Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionCentral Coast
- AppellationSanta Barbara County
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