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JIM BARRY WINES The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley 2001 Imperial
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JIM BARRY WINES The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley 2001 Imperial
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JIM BARRY WINES The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley
The authentic and beautifully-concentrated Classifed 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
James Halliday
Deep colour; powerful, concentrated and chewy blackberry, licorice, leather, mocha and earth; right in the style slot.
94 points, Wine Companion (March 2004)
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Huon Hooke
Deep colour still with a purple tinge. The bouquet is sweet and ripe, rich and bright and very attractive: blackberry, raspberry, floral and fragrant. The palate is elegant and medium and full-bodied, rich and texturally lovely, with stacks of fruit sweetness before a clean drying finish.
93 points, The Real Review (October 2015)
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Robert Parker
Although the 2001 Shiraz The Armagh will not be released for another year, readers should keep an eye out for it as it is a profound Shiraz. It boasts an opaque purple color in addition to a tremendously rich bouquet of melted licorice intermixed with scents of camphor, blackberry liqueur, and new saddle leather. Massive and full-bodied, yet impeccably well-balanced, this enormous 2001 should provide riveting drinking for 15+ years.
96 points, Wine Advocate (August 2003)
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Wine Spectator
Distinctive, juicy and tremendously aromatic with cardamom- and white pepper-scented blackberry, cherry and licorice flavors spreading generously across the tongue, all beautifully woven together to sail on and on through the long finish. Tannins are already integrated.
95 points, Harvey Steiman, Wine Spectator (September 2004)
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Wine Enthusiast
A warming, lusty wine, with tannins that are soft and supple enough that the wine can be drunk now. Tastes like plum, caramel and coffee; smells like pure red grapes, plus walnuts and roasted meat. Will cure whatever ails you.
92 points, Wine Enthusiast (May 2004)
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.