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Dull and grey Friday calls for a ripe and soothing red, so we opened this 2017 Barossa Shiraz (with some Grenache) from the Magpie Estate called ’ The Scoundrel’:
What a lovely wine! Like a warm and loving autumnal hug. Medium ruby in colour, the nose is quite intense with ripe blackcurrants, plums, dark cherries but also a whiff of tobacco, menthol notes and black pepper. I also got a smell of wet slate, but the other half thought I was just trying to sound obscure. Perhaps! 
It’s welcoming on the palate too; similar fruit as the nose, but there is also some jalapeño and dark chocolate. We loved the smooth mouthfeel, which the husband thoughts was like a feeling of a bar of chocolate melting in the mouth. The menthol notes on the finish round it off nicely. Value for money box ticked (£11.50).
Having this with some veggie chillie - welcome autumn! 
Looking forward to hearing what you’re drinking this weekend 
) it’s fairly typical Rias Baixas with very crisp acidity and an almost Chablis style aroma but a bit fuller body than Chablis would likely have. 2015 vintage from the back label which also gives bottling date. Looking forward to the other 5 (including one bottle too tall for the fridge door shelf!)
