d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier McLaren Vale 2019 OTHERREGION made using ancestral method

made using ancestral method

saline - this is Arnot-Roberts' Chablisien wager

clean flavors with light structure and a long finish

pebbly clay of Pesquera de Duero

drink it fast

d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier McLaren Vale 2019 OTHERREGION made using ancestral methodThe 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