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JIM BARRY WINES The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley 2020 Bottle
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JIM BARRY WINES The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley 2020 Bottle
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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
Mike Bennie
Jim Barry Wines' flagship is limited by site and low yielding vines. It's deeply concentrated, impossibly silky, balanced, long, palate-staining and vibrant. A cavalcade of mixed forest berries, clove, cinnamon, fresh tobacco, dark chocolate and leafy, eucalyptus-like herbal lift all play a role in this stellar release. Seamless, yet cinched with fine, silty tannin, all of this bolstered and lifted with a cool, briny acid profile. Elegant, and yet with power and presence.
Expert Review
Mike Bennie
Jim Barry Wines' flagship is limited by site and low yielding vines. It's deeply concentrated, impossibly silky, balanced, long, palate-staining and vibrant. A cavalcade of mixed forest berries, clove, cinnamon, fresh tobacco, dark chocolate and leafy, eucalyptus-like herbal lift all play a role in this stellar release. Seamless, yet cinched with fine, silty tannin, all of this bolstered and lifted with a cool, briny acid profile. Elegant, and yet with power and presence. Mike Bennie Published 02 August 2023
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James Suckling
This is still eye-poppingly youthful, but the spectrum of blue and black-fruit aromas is already like watching an IMAX movie. Touch of iodine. Amazing interplay of concentrated fruit, fine tannins and lively acidity give this great brilliance. Super-long finish. Drinkable now, but best from 2024. Screw cap.
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Jane Anson
Inky black colour, showcasing the concentrated black and blue fruits that reflect another low yielding vintage. Spiced damson, black cherry and raspberry, set against charcoal, bay leaf, crayon, liqourice and a touch of crushed rose petal and oyster shell. Plenty of tannins here, but as ever The Armagh knows how to inject just enough air and acidity in between them to give contrast and texture, and to draw the flavours out on your tongue. 100% French oak, Tom Barry winemaker, bottled unfiltered and unfined.
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.