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An inky red with a magenta hue in the glass, this wine opens with intense aromas of rich dark fruit, sweet and savoury spice, dark chocolate and dried herbs. The palate displays concentrated dark fruit flavours of blackberry and cherry, supported by liquorice and
creamy mocha oak. Well weighted with firm, fine tannin in support of the abundance of persistent, lively flavour. A wine of great
power, length and poise.
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 ...
Wine Information
A challenging vintage for the vineyard with an extremely dry growing and ripening season favouring smaller and open canopies. The upside is that the fruit displayed very small and open bunches with good exposure allowing the development of intense flavour and colour. Careful selection of only healthy fruit with no shrivel at harvest produced a wine with dense ripe purple fruits and very fine elegant tannins.