Doug Margerum doesn’t muss around when it comes to Syrah. My three favorite bargain Rhones from Santa Barbara are: Santa Barbara Winery Syrah, Hitching Post Big Circle Syrah, and this lil darling: Margerum’s M5, a true all-five variety blend light on it’s feet, jammed up to the rafters with fruit, and always roiled with *just enough* of the sexy drrrrrrty funk that if your syrah don’t got, well just unfriend me now, and whatever you do, do NOT ever read my pinot reviews. $24.99 soakin wet–and with great distribution–if you can easily find this spicy, zangy, lithe thang ANYWHERE and solves all those week-day WHAT TO DRINK dilemmas for literally ANY food you can throw at it.

2016 MARGERUM WINE CO ‘M5’ GSM/Counoise/Cinsault 44/36/12/5/3 Santa Barbara County 14.6

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