d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier McLaren Vale 2019 Lanson Rose Champagne Mercurey is the largest red

Mercurey is the largest red appellation of the Côte Chalonnaise

This is an important experience for anyone interested in grower champagne

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delivers brown sugar and baked blackberry aromatics alongside plum

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d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier McLaren Vale 2019 Lanson Rose Champagne Mercurey is the largest redThe 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