d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier McLaren Vale 2019 080725OFFER Elegant and complex

Elegant and complex

Crystalline Rheinhessen Riesling from a family that has farmed Westhofen since the 13th century

medium-bodied expression captures the essence of Chassagne's limestone soils through understated elegance

the vineyard's own

The Chavy family are respected names up in Puligny-Montrachet

d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier McLaren Vale 2019 080725OFFER Elegant and complexThe 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