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JIM BARRY WINES The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley 2013 Imperial
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JIM BARRY WINES The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley 2013 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
Gary Walsh
Rich and black fruited, dried mint, creamy coffee nougat oak, spice and a dusting of pepper. Full bodied, but only just, with red and black berries, dried mint and sage, toasty oak, firm grainy tannin and well-settled fresh acidity. Finish is toasty and lively, with serious length of flavour. More to come.
94 points, The Wine Front (April 2017)
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Huon Hooke
Deep purple/red colour with a fresh, super-ripe, fruit-driven bouquet of blackberry, cranberry and black cherry. Some spices and even a hint of pepper. It's tight and firm on the palate, a little young right now but with lots of potential. Ripeness is excellent, and the wine is not a blockbuster but on the more elegant side of the scale. Very good. Drink 2018-2045. 95 points, Real Review (10/2015).
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Campbell Mattinson
A powerhouse release. It rips, it churns, it impresses and most all: it gets on with business. Dense black berried fruits of various persuasions, coffee-cream oak, sprinkles of dried herbs and a surge of flavour and tannin to close. It's like admiring a big sea; the power complete with the glory. 96 Points, Campbell Mattinson
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Campbell Mattinson
A powerhouse release. It rips, it churns, it impresses and most all: it gets on with business. Dense black berried fruits of various persuasions, coffee-cream oak, sprinkles of dried herbs and a surge of flavour and tannin to close. It's like admiring a big sea; the power complete with the glory.
96 points, Wine Companion (February 2016)
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Nick Stock
Ripe but pretty aromas of blackberries, plum essence and cassis meet with licorice and chocolate as well as undertones of orange peel. Full body, grainy and intense tannins and a charcoal-like, long finish.
94 points, jamessuckling.com (January 2018)
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Joe Czerwinski
Never the flashiest or most opulent Shiraz, The Armagh endures as a savory classic. The 2013 Shiraz The Armagh continues in that same vein, with scents of roasted meat, scorched mulberries and hints of vanilla leading the way. It's dense, concentrated and full-bodied, with supple (almost creamy) tannins that conceal much of their power in their ripeness, without the wine ever seeming too ripe, too oaky or too fruity. Those tannins linger and turn to silk on the long finish, picking up lively red berry and orange zest nuances. Good stuff.
96 points, Wine Advocate (March 2018)
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.