Originally Posted by D1andonlyDman

D'Arenberg: The Laughing Magpie 2007 McLaren Vale. $17.99 at Costco. This is a huge, concentrated Shiraz with a bit of Viognier blended in to give it aromatic complexity. This wine needs 4-5 years of bottle age to shed some of it's tannins, but it is a dense, extracted wine of the sort that one would expect to spend twice as much for. The Aussie version of a great Cote Rotie, but costing much less.