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d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie 2008 1.5L (Magnum), 2008

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Shiraz (94%), Viognier (6%)

The Name
The vineyards and bushland that surround the d’Arenberg winery are home to the native Australian bird, the Kookaburra, famous for its distinctive laughing call. Much to the amusement of the family, Chester Osborn’s daughters, Alicia and Ruby, named two wild Kookaburras who regularly visited their house the “Laughing Magpies”. The Magpie plumage is black with a stripe of white feathers and bears no resemblance to its famous cousin, but to this day the name has stuck. The Osborn’s thought the name was a good choice for McLaren Vale’s first ever Shiraz Viognier blend combining the (black) Shiraz and its white partner, Viognier.

The Vintage
2008 is a tale of two vintages for red wines in McLaren Vale. Winter rain
ensured the soil reached filled capacity and set the vines up perfectly with healthy balanced canopies. A normal spring and an unseasonably cool January and February meant most vines remained stress free and for early
picked parcels flavour ripeness was achieved at reasonably low sugar levels and high natural acidity. However, a sustained heat wave in early March forced frantic picking and resulted in rich ripe characters. The Laughing Magpie is a blend of both the early and late picked parcels and
accordingly is balanced with the ripe characters well in check.

The Winemaking
Walking the vineyard rows and tasting grapes, Chester Osborn classifies and determines the ideal picking time for each individual vineyard. Small batches are crushed in the Demoisy openmouthed, rubber toothed crusher and transferred to five tonne headed-down open fermenters where the
Viognier and Shiraz are co-fermented. When tannin extraction is just right the wine is basket pressed and transferred to a mixture of new
and old French and old American oak barriques to complete primary and secondary fermentation. The barrel fermented component is aged on lees to slow aging and keep the wine fresher while also reducing the oak influence. There is no racking until final blending. Chester and the winemaking team undertake an extensive barrel tasting process to determine the final blend. The Laughing Magpie does not undertake fining or filtration prior to bottling.

The Characteristics as Tasted June 2010
As well as varietal dark fruits and spice, the nose features savoury characters of cooked meats, spices and cracked black pepper.The palate is robust and concentrated with great intensity. The fruit is more expressive on the palate with a touch of raspberry, plum, blackcurrant and blueberry with underlying spice and just a hint of savoury oak.
The mineral silky tannins build nicely on the palate and provide good structure and impressive length. This wine will benefit from bottle age and if cellared correctly will drink well over the next 15 years.
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166562

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d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie 2008 1.5L (Magnum)

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1 bottles, 1.5l each

Duty Status:

Duty Paid

Wine Type:

Red

Country / Region:

Australia, Victoria, McLaren Vale

Fill Level:

Into Neck (IN)

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£17.00.00. If being posted abroad, purchaser will pay additional insurance/postage charges.
From KY2, Fife, United Kingdom

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Description

Shiraz (94%), Viognier (6%)

The Name
The vineyards and bushland that surround the d’Arenberg winery are home to the native Australian bird, the Kookaburra, famous for its distinctive laughing call. Much to the amusement of the family, Chester Osborn’s daughters, Alicia and Ruby, named two wild Kookaburras who regularly visited their house the “Laughing Magpies”. The Magpie plumage is black with a stripe of white feathers and bears no resemblance to its famous cousin, but to this day the name has stuck. The Osborn’s thought the name was a good choice for McLaren Vale’s first ever Shiraz Viognier blend combining the (black) Shiraz and its white partner, Viognier.

The Vintage
2008 is a tale of two vintages for red wines in McLaren Vale. Winter rain
ensured the soil reached filled capacity and set the vines up perfectly with healthy balanced canopies. A normal spring and an unseasonably cool January and February meant most vines remained stress free and for early
picked parcels flavour ripeness was achieved at reasonably low sugar levels and high natural acidity. However, a sustained heat wave in early March forced frantic picking and resulted in rich ripe characters. The Laughing Magpie is a blend of both the early and late picked parcels and
accordingly is balanced with the ripe characters well in check.

The Winemaking
Walking the vineyard rows and tasting grapes, Chester Osborn classifies and determines the ideal picking time for each individual vineyard. Small batches are crushed in the Demoisy openmouthed, rubber toothed crusher and transferred to five tonne headed-down open fermenters where the
Viognier and Shiraz are co-fermented. When tannin extraction is just right the wine is basket pressed and transferred to a mixture of new
and old French and old American oak barriques to complete primary and secondary fermentation. The barrel fermented component is aged on lees to slow aging and keep the wine fresher while also reducing the oak influence. There is no racking until final blending. Chester and the winemaking team undertake an extensive barrel tasting process to determine the final blend. The Laughing Magpie does not undertake fining or filtration prior to bottling.

The Characteristics as Tasted June 2010
As well as varietal dark fruits and spice, the nose features savoury characters of cooked meats, spices and cracked black pepper.The palate is robust and concentrated with great intensity. The fruit is more expressive on the palate with a touch of raspberry, plum, blackcurrant and blueberry with underlying spice and just a hint of savoury oak.
The mineral silky tannins build nicely on the palate and provide good structure and impressive length. This wine will benefit from bottle age and if cellared correctly will drink well over the next 15 years.
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Item Details

Item ID:

166562

Name:

d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie 2008 1.5L (Magnum)

Producer:

Quantity / Size:

1 bottles, 1.5l each

Duty Status:

Duty Paid

Wine Type:

Red

Country / Region:

Australia, Victoria, McLaren Vale

Fill Level:

Into Neck (IN)

Ended:

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Shipping

£17.00.00. If being posted abroad, purchaser will pay additional insurance/postage charges.
From KY2, Fife, United Kingdom

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