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• Bil Likes this wine: 90 points

  May 20, 2022 - Beautiful nose of cherries and plums with some serious in the background. Palate follows. Pleasantly drying tannins on the finish

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• radiolysis wrote:

  January 13, 2022 - Absolutely no bricking and only a very minor amount of sediment. Fruits and tertiary aromas are in good balance. Dark red but not stewed along with leather and tobacco. A hint of broccoli fields but that blows off quickly. Fun bottle and no hint it's 15 years old.

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• Bruce 1er wrote:

  November 29, 2019 - Prominent herbal, vegetal elements that overshadowed everything else. Flawed?

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• srh Likes this wine:

  April 13, 2019 - Winebar [4 Whites, 8 Reds, & 6 *shared* bottles] from 04/12/19 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): THANK you soooooooo MUCH for sharing this, Dan! :)
  
  100% McLaren Vale Shiraz (90%) & Viognier (10%) co-fermented together; Aged 10 mos in AM & FR oak barriques; 14.5% ABV, 1.1g/L R.S., 7.5g/L T.A., & 3.3 pH;
  
  N: RIPE berries with something medicinal (along the lines of iodine, but not... exactly); Intensity lurking
  
  P: Med, poss LM, body; RNDISH entry with NICE, ALMOST swtish frt (approaching threshold R.S.?) met by some astringent PUCKER which evolves into a LONG, still VERY slightly puckerish finish with a swtness & POSS incipient quasi-bitter flatness to the dusty tannins. POSS approachable now with food, for many (most?) palates IMHO this still NEEDS through '21, then poss making its 20th? [Really QUITE amazing for a wine of QUESTIONABLE storage™!] My EXC'/EXC. 16.5/20 Jancis Robinson (Hemming), 16+/20 winedoctor.com, + numerous other solid reviews listed on wine-searcher's "Tasting Notes" pg.
  
  ™According to the still present price tag, the wine's original owner HAD purchased it @ this very shop for $15.99 (date unknown)!

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• CurlerSue wrote:

  July 15, 2017 - Laughing Magpie- ok but dry

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer d'Arenberg
• Varietal Shiraz Blend
• Designation The Laughing Magpie Shiraz-Viognier
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion Fleurieu
• Appellation McLaren Vale
• UPC Codes 767749002299, 767749002404

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• In Cellars 560 (34%)
• Consumed 1,097 (66%)

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