d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier McLaren Vale 2019 040926OFFER The 2022 balances creamy richness

The 2022 balances creamy richness with electric acidity

A serious 1er Cru that drinks beautifully young and rewards a decade in the cellar

Maxime Cottenceau trained under legendary Vincent Dureuil before taking over his family vineyard in 2018

grainy tannins and juicy uplift

d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier McLaren Vale 2019 040926OFFER The 2022 balances creamy richnessThe Laughing Magpie takes the classic Northern Rhone trick of co fermenting Shiraz with a splash of Viognier, a nod to Cote Rotie, and applies it to McLaren Vale fruit. It's mostly Shiraz (around 94%) with the Viognier lifting the aromatics and adding silk. d'Arenberg is a fourth generation South Australian estate run by the inventive Chester Osborn, who favors old vines and traditional basket pressing. The 2019 is darkly perfumed and savory, with