2014 Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz Clare Valley, South Australia
G 98
Deep medium crimson. Very complete and classic South Australian wine with beautiful dark chocolate, malt, blackberry, raspberry aromas with tobacco leaf/ sage notes. Superb complex wine with plentiful praline, dark cherry, blackberry fruits, remarkable inky density/ viscosity, plentiful fine loose-knit chalky/ al dente tannins and beautifully integrated mocha/ nutmeg oak. Bittersweet chinotto finish with a fine tannin plume. An outstanding vintage that will continue to develop for another 20 years. 16 months in French and American oak, 86% new. Screwcap 14.1% alc Drink now–2045 2013 Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz Clare Valley, South Australia G 95 Deep crimson. Lovely dark chocolate, praline, blackberry, stone fruit aromas with meaty herb notes. Silky textured with abundant blackberry, dark cherry, apricot, praline flavours, fine loose-knit chalky textures and underlying savoury/ espresso/ roasted chestnut oak complexity. Finishes chalky/ claret firm and minerally. Very good. 16 months in French and American oak, 90% new. Screwcap 14% alc Drink now–2035 2012 Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz Clare Valley, South Australia G 96 Deep crimson. Inky, roasted chestnut, truffle, blackberry pastille aromas with bush garrigue notes. Well balanced and complex palate with fresh blackberry pastille, dark chocolate, roasted chestnut, vanilla notes and fine loose-knit slinky tannins. Finishes graphite firm with aniseed notes. Very evocative wine with lovely density, bittersweetness and torque. 20 months in French and American oak, 100% new.
Screwcap 13.4% alc Drink now–2038 2010 Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz Clare Valley, South Australia
G 95
Deep crimson. Intense oyster shell, graphite, dark cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate/ praline/ mocha aromas with sage notes. Concentrated dark cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate, supple fine loose-knit gravelly tannins and integrated mocha/ vanilla oak notes, Finishes chalky firm with blackberry pastille chinotto/ tobacco leaf notes, Very well balanced aged claret style. 14 months in French and American oak, 70% new.
Screwcap 14.6% alc Drink now–2040 2009 Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz Clare Valley, South Australia
G 96
Deep crimson. Lovely waxy polish black cherry roasted chestnut praline aromas with marzipan/ herb notes. Generous black cherry, dark plum, roasted chestnut flavours, fine slinky/ al dente textures, underlying marzipan, vanilla oak notes and underlying fresh mineral acidity. Finishes firm with plentiful sweet fruit/ liquorice notes. 18 months in 50% French and 50% American oak, 100% new. Cork 14.8% alc Drink now–2038
Jim Barry and The Armagh 95
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