2014 The Armagh Shiraz
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Black cherry and raspberry fruit set the tone here, with intense spice, concentrated black chocolate, mocha and cloves. This is stunning, fresh, intense, plenty of lift, a ton of sage and freshly cut herbs, wrapped up in fine but plentiful tannins. Joyful, with a momentum that carries you from start to finish. A vintage that will age slowly and carefully. 70% French oak, 30% American oak for ageing. Tom Barry winemaker, bottled unfiltered and unfined.
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Tim Jackson MW, jancisrobinson.com
James Suckling
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The 2014 The Armagh Shiraz that I have in front of me here is bottled under Stelvin. This is sensational: fresh, pert, meaty, savory, ferrous. It has a plump core of fruit in the mouth and is so beautiful, contained and restrained. "Away from rack and return, just sulfur on malo lees and topped," said winemaker Tom Barry. "Rack out at end of maturation period and to bottle." It's really gorgeous, supple and mid-weight. It has 14.1% alcohol and was matured for 16 months in 70% French and 30% American hogsheads (300 liter), 86% new and the balance one year old.
With its deep well of black-fruit, smoked-bacon and dry-earth aromas, this is an imposing and rich shiraz, but it has a stunning harmony of ripeness and fine tannins, the very long, plush finish wonderfully balanced and very complex. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
Deep black-ruby. Lifted, ripe raspberry, dusty earth tones, with an extra dimension of depth that the other Jim Barry reds don't have. Cinnamon, dried herb and subtle, meaty spice. Rich, dense raspberry palate fruit, velvet texture, with firm, very fine tannins. Salty, then a long, vanilla-cream finish. Top class. (TJ)
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Jim Barry è una delle tenute vinicole più iconiche d’Australia. Pioniere della Clare Valley e primo enologo qualificato della regione, Barry ha contribuito a renderla un punto di riferimento per il Riesling e patria di alcuni dei migliori Cabernet Sauvignon e Shiraz al mondo.