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Wine Description
The Story
Located 2 kilometres northwest of Clare township on the opposite side of the hill on which Jim Barry Winery is located, is home to the famed 'The Armagh Shiraz'. The vineyard derives its name from a nearby hamlet of Armagh, established by Irish settlers in 1849 and named after lush, rolling hills of their homeland.
The 70-acre property was previously owned by Duncan McRae Wood and used to graze dairy cows before being purchased by Jim ...
Vintage 2020
The 2020 wine vintage in Australia was a highly challenging, historically small, but remarkably high-quality year that was heavily shaped by extreme environmental events. The growing season was defined by a severe multi-year drought, record-breaking summer heatwaves, and catastrophic bushfires that caused severe smoke taint across vulnerable pockets of regions like the Hunter Valley and the Adelaide Hills. Consequently, total national grape yi...