2019 Margerum Sauvignon Blanc Sybarite

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  11/9/2021 - rthpal Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Last tasted about a week ago. My wife and I have enjoyed several vintages of this wine from the Happy Canyon area of Santa Barbara County. It seems a good alternative to Sancerre. A Sauvignon Blanc that is likeable year after year. 90+ points.

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  3/25/2021 - timothynbond wrote: 86 Points

  Transparent straw. Reserved nose offering perhaps a hint of grassiness. Light bodied with medium-to-medium-plus acid. A but thin and watery on the palate, offering up some slate. Refreshing but not especially interesting. When it warmed up a little bit it picked up some canned fruit cocktail flavors.

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  2/14/2021 - Halfeel wrote: 88 Points

  I didn't enjoy this as much as previous vintages which I have rated quite a bit higher. This bottle seems less complex with not as much in the way of fruit as I recall from previous bottles.

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  12/22/2020 - Hi.its.Don.4.Wine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  In the Garden of France
  
  That’s what the Loire Valley is sometimes called. This brings me to the wine in this post
  
  Margerum Sauvignon Blanc Sybarites 2019
  
  Now, if you know about Margerum Wine Company, you’ll know, or now realize, that they are not situated in the Loire Valley, no, they are located in Santa Barbara, California. I use the metaphor in this case to describe the aforementioned wine.
  
  It was an easy comparison of Sauvignon Blancs. You see, upon my first sip, I was taken back to those minerality driven, citrus, and stone fruit styles of wine so prevalent in France. But this wine was not from France, but, as mentioned from the Happy Canyon AVA of Santa Barbara.
  
  Just as those French wines display a style so ubiquitous to the area, I could not refrain from the similarity this domesticated version provided. Aromas of light citrus, slightly grassy, and an almost unperceivable note of oak. Once drawn for the first sample, that minerality with stone fruit flavors abides and culminates into a drier and satisfying finish. As much as I hesitate to drawn comparisons to other country’s wines, I find that to be the easiest way to describe this most satisfying of wines.
  
  The combination of terroir and fermentation helps create this inspired wine. While oak aging is not used on this wine, as it is in their “D” Sauv Blanc, oak is in use during the fermentation process. 4 months in French Oak for 12% of the wine, helps create the backbone, and the fruit from seven vineyards (30% McGinley Vineyard, 29% Happy Canyon Vineyard, 19% Grassini Family Vineyard, 9% Two Wolves Vineyard, 5% Kingsley Vineyard, 5% Santa Ynez Vineyard and 3% Star Lane Vineyard) enliven the wine with crisp acidity and complex fruit nuances.
  
  My decision to accompany the wine with the elements of Sautéed Halibut with Tri-Colored Peppers and a topping of Sweet Onions, sealed the association.
  
  My decision to avail myself of an offer on the wine was well-conceived and one I do not regret, only my decision to not buy more. Should you wish to obtain this wine and cannot locate it locally, it is currently shown available at the winery at just under $25.
  
  Cheers

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  10/21/2020 - thebonnydooner wrote: 91 Points

  Picked up on a whim and glad I did as this is delicious. Much crisper and lighter than I associate with CA SB - this was almost NZ in profile, but not as aggressive on the nose, more stone fruit but with a really nice light apple lemon fruit profile on the taste. Delicious and good value at under $20.

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