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JIM BARRY WINES The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley 1994 Magnum
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JIM BARRY WINES The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley 1994 Magnum
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JIM BARRY WINES The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley
The authentic and beautifully-concentrated Classified The Armagh Shiraz, is a powerfully-compressed wine that explodes with aroma and flavour. Intense, plush and generous, the oak is hidden behind curtains of deep, ripe, intense fruit and extraordinarily fine, structured tannins.
The vineyard is hand-harvested, with several passes, to achieve optimum ripeness and flavour profile. Vinification takes place in two-tonne, open-top fermenters with heading-down boards. Regular rack-and-return and pump-overs take place to optimise extraction of colour and flavour; in some vintages post-ferment maceration may be an option. At completion of fermentation the wine is pressed off and matured in a combination of new and old French and American oak hogsheads for 13 to 19 months.
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Expert Review
LANGTONS
Medium deep crimson. Developed and complex earthy/savoury/demi-glace aromas. Unctuous palate showing some raspberry/blackberry fruit flavours and some developed demi-glace/savoury notes, looseknit tannins, flavours tapering off to a dry firm finish. At the cusp of age. Needs more time to show itself. Andrew Caillard MW (Langton's, 2002).
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Campbell Mattinson
Good wine. Lots of mid-palate and a good amount of quality tannin, though ultimately it’s not an overly persistent wine. Lots of dark berried flavour and subtle, leathery development – this will live for a long while yet. There’s a notable creosote, eucalypt-like fragrance to it and subtle notes of truffle. It’s a mid-tier wine for this label – which is a high compliment.
93 points, The Wine Front (September 2008)
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Nick Stock
A spicy rendition that has some dried mushrooms and ripe blackberries on the nose, as well as dark plums and spicy, earthy notes. The palate has ample density and depth with such impressive, smooth, fine tannin and a long, central tannin drive at the finish. Drink or hold.
93 points, JamesSuckling.com (June 2020)
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Andrew Caillard MW
Medium deep crimson. Fresh cherry cola, apricot mocha aromas with dusty graphite notes. Well concentrated and supple mocha, dark cherry, chinotto flavours apricot / stone fruit notes, fine lacy textures, attractive mid-palate viscosity and underlying wood varnishy notes. Finishes chalky / slinky dry with minerally notes. Lovely complex wine. 12 months in American and French oak, 100% new. Cork. 13.7% alc. Drink now - 2028.
97 points, The Vintage Journal (2022)
Jim Barry
Jim Barry, named after the eponymous founding wine maker, is one of the stalwart wineries of the Clare Valley. In 1959 the late Jim Barry purchased land near the township of Clare, replanting much of it to vineyard. Under the leadership of managing director Peter Barry and sons Tom and Sam Barry the brand has gone from strength to strength. Jim Barry is best known for its flagship Shiraz The Armagh, but also produces an impressive range of wines including Riesling, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from their vineyard holdings in the Clare Valley and Coonawarra.