1995 Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley South Australia
G 95
Deep crimson. Intense blackberry, praline liquorice aromas with bush garrigue notes. Inky deep wine with developed blackberry, dark chocolate flavours, fine loose-knit chalky tannins and mocha, vanilla oak notes. Finishes sinewy form and minerally. Classical claret style wine with attractive density, complexity and mineral length. 15 months in American and French oak, 100% new. Cork 13.7% alc Drink now–2032 1994 Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley South Australia G 97 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 1993 Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley South Australia G 93 Medium deep crimson. Roasted meats, cola, stewed fruit aromas with tobacco notes. Well developed wine with plentiful dark fruits, roasted meat, chinotto flavours, fine loose-knit graphite textures, some suppleness on the mid-palate. Starts to dry off at the finish. Pleasing to drink but at its best now. 15 months in American and French oak, 100% new. Cork 14.3% alc Drink now–soon. 1992 Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley South Australia G 94 Medium deep crimson. Beautiful dark cherry, blackberry, wax polish aromas with herb notes. Sturdy wine with ample dark cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate aniseed flavours, wax polish, tobacco notes and fine gritty texture. Finishes graphite/ chalky firm with a long tannin plume. Muscular in structure with attractive fruit complexity and vinosity. 19 months in American and French oak, 100% new. Cork 14.2% alc Drink now–2030. s 1991 Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz, Clare Valley South Australia G 96 Medium deep crimson. Intense black cherry, hint of leather polish aromas with wood varnish caramel notes. Inky textured wine with lovely complex choco-berry fruits, plentiful fine slinky/ chalky tannins. Finishes rusty firm and inky with savoury/ leathery notes. Still holding up very well. Ferruginous notes pervade. Very evocative retro-modern wine. 14 months in 50% French and 50% American oak, 100% new. Cork 13.4 % alc Drink now–2034
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