2016 d'Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier 6 Pack

93 POINTS

Campbell Mattinson - Halliday's Wine Companion

Pretty aromatics and a generous palate make this wine easy to enjoy. Vanilla, choc-orange, plum and peppercorn flavours put on an attractive show. It's mostly primary, but the first signs of development have this sitting in a good, mellow place.

91 POINTS

James Suckling

Bold aromas of cherries, yellow plums and other orchard fruit here. Some brown spices, too. Very upbeat, fruit-driven palate that carries such plump, fleshy, ripe red-plum and berry flavors. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

Joe Czerwinski - Wine Advocate

D'Arenberg's 2016 The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier includes 4% Viognier, historically on the low side for this bottling. It's imperceptible on the nose, which shows plenty of dark, plummy fruit, hints of barrel char and a wisp of menthol. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, fairly round and generous for a d'Arenberg wine—that's likely where the Viognier influence is felt the most—then firmer and more tannic on the finish.

Wine Spectator

Dense and rustic, with chewy tannins and notes of dried black olive, leather and mineral that add savory details to the blackberry and huckleberry flavors at the core. Shiraz and Viognier. Drink now through 2030. 5,100 cases imported.