Margerum Los Olivos White Rhone Blend M5 2021 bis-hidden with wild yeast and racked

with wild yeast and racked into neutral barrel

we found slow-growth American white oaks with a particularly porous structure

and fresh grapes

and graceful tannins

Dodane is a native-yeast

Margerum Los Olivos White Rhone Blend M5 2021 bis-hidden with wild yeast and rackedWhite Chateauneuf is one of wine's great overlooked pleasures, and M5 White is Santa Barbara's version of the idea. Doug Margerum grafted his Los Olivos District estate over to Rhone varieties in 2016, and the name is exactly what it sounds like: M for Margerum, 5 for the five grapes. Marsanne and Roussanne bring the weight, Grenache Blanc and Picpoul keep it honest, and a splash of Viognier handles the perfume. With a few years behind it, the 2021