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d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie 2005
d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz/Viognier 2005
Upon release, the "Laughing Magpie" has a vivid, dark purple colour. The Viognier adds fragrant flower and perfume aromas, and flavours of nectarines, apricots, ginger and herbs, serving to enhance the very ripe flavour spectrum of the Shiraz, which primarily exhibits blackberry, blueberry and boysenberry. With a considerable portion of this wine being naturally fermented (no yeast added), the wine reveals exotic aromas of roast meat, salami, game, earth and lipstick. These characters prevail on the palate with a smooth glycerol impact following through to the mid-palate, with the exotic characters growing and combining with tannins and a long complex finish. Structurally, the 2003 "Laughing Magpie" is as full-bodied as the 2002 release with a more complex, rich mouth feel, ending with a beautifully balanced array of fine, rich tannins. The ageability of this wine, we think, is very long due to the massive fragrant fruit, the lively intense flavours and the abundance of white wine tannins in the late spectrum.
Price:
£12.21
(Including: VAT at 17.5%)
d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz/Viognier 2005 6x75cl
Upon release, the "Laughing Magpie" has a vivid, dark purple colour. The Viognier adds fragrant flower and perfume aromas, and flavours of nectarines, apricots, ginger and herbs, serving to enhance the very ripe flavour spectrum of the Shiraz, which primarily exhibits blackberry, blueberry and boysenberry. With a considerable portion of this wine being naturally fermented (no yeast added), the wine reveals exotic aromas of roast meat, salami, game, earth and lipstick. These characters prevail on the palate with a smooth glycerol impact following through to the mid-palate, with the exotic characters growing and combining with tannins and a long complex finish. Structurally, the 2003 "Laughing Magpie" is as full-bodied as the 2002 release with a more complex, rich mouth feel, ending with a beautifully balanced array of fine, rich tannins. The ageability of this wine, we think, is very long due to the massive fragrant fruit, the lively intense flavours and the abundance of white wine tannins in the late spectrum.
Price:
£68.76
(Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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