Bottle of d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier, McLaren Vale, South Australia, red wine

The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier 2019

d'Arenberg

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rich black fruits | fennel | apricot

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Drew's Tasting Note

Allow this wine to breathe in your glass before you first sample it; believe me, you will be rewarded with complex, juicy black fruits and spicy pepper aromas. This is a blend of Shiraz and Viognier. Rich black and red fruits, deep earthy notes, spice, and fennel from the former are complimented perfectly by light floral, ginger, and apricot highlights from the latter. Beautifully balanced with a long, silky finish.

Producer: d'Arenberg | Vintage: 2019 | From: McLaren Vale, Australia | Alcohol: 14.5 | Size: 75cl | Style: full-bodied red, still, vegan | Grape: Syrah (Shiraz), Viognier

Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 Silver Medal, 93 points (2018 vintage)

The Winery

The oldest vineyards at d'Arenberg were planted in the 1880s in McLaren Vale, South Australia, and the Osborn family has farmed them since 1912. Chester Osborn, the fourth generation, has been at the helm since the 1980s, making wines as distinctive in name as in character (the back labels are worth reading). Traditional methods run through everything here: open fermentation, foot treading and basket pressing. Basket pressing is a labour-intensive process that d'Arenberg applies to both red and white wines, making it one of the very few Australian wineries to do so. The gentleness of basket pressing, slow, controlled and never forced, is central to the quality and texture for which the wines are known.

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