Margerum 2007 M5 Santa Ynez Valley - Magnum

Purchase Margerum 2007 M5 Santa Ynez Valley - Magnum

2007  Margerum   Rhone Blend  M5, Santa Ynez Valley


M5 is a blend of the five principle red grapes originating from France's Rhone Valley - Syrah, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, and Counoise.  M5 is composed of 55% Syrah (15% Vogelzang Vineyard, 14% Colson Canyon Vineyard, 11% Great Oak Ranch Vineyard, 7% Black Oak Vineyard, 5% Alisos Vineyard and 3% Alondra de los Prados Vineyard), 18% Grenache (5% Purisima Mountain Vineyard, 5% Crossroads Vineyard, 5% Vogelzang Vineyard and 3% Thompson Vineyard), 14% Mourvèdre (6% Vogelzang Vineyard, 4% Tierra Alta Vineyard and 2% Zaca Mesa Vineyard), 2% Counoise and 7% Cinsault (Both from the Stolpman Vineyard). Also included is 4% Genesis of M5 (a co-fermentation of everything but Syrah) and 2% Über Syrah (a co-fermentation of all the Syrah). Genesis of M5 and Über are co-fermentations; a practice I have found makes very complex and complete wines.  I start a little natural yeast fermentation from fractions of each vineyard as the fruit arrives and I continually add to the fermentation during the harvest. I have fermentations where some grapes are on their skins for over sixty days.  Genesis of M5 is an integral beginning to the final blend - a wine with lengthy flavor profiles and resolved tannins that belie its youth.  I added more of my top Syrah cuvees into the blend year; the Grenache and Mourvèdre were very powerful in 2005 and the Syrah, unusually, lightened up the blend.  With more of the single vineyard Syrah added there is a bit of new oak in the wine.  The 2005 M5 has aromas of sweet fruits, nuances of pepper, spice (posh spice) and earthy tones.  It is a wine, that while approachable and food friendly, I believe will age for quite some time as it has good acidity and structure.  The M5 mission statement: M5 is a wine that is from a thought - a blend that is an amalgamation of memories, both distant and recent, of wines I've tasted and loved the past thirty-three years.

Purchase Margerum 2007 M5 Santa Ynez Valley - Magnum

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