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2016 Jim Barry "The Armagh" Shiraz Clare Valley South Australia 6-pack in OWC

2016 Jim Barry "The Armagh" Shiraz Clare Valley South Australia 6-pack in OWC

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Pre-Arrival: Estimated to be available for delivery or pickup by 4/15/2027.

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Decanter

Reviewed August 2020
This is a brilliant wine that makes you sit up and pay attention. Concentrated and mouthwatering with spicy liquorice root and black cherries. Needs a couple more years to fully open but already it packs a punch without being overpowering, and it achieves the feat of great wines where you simply know how good they are by how your palate responds to the effortless balance of tannin, juice and brambled fruit. Long ageing potential also. 3.5pH, 70% French oak, 30% American oak. From sandy gravel soils with full sun exposure meaning natural low yields of around 30hl/ha. (JA)

Professional Reviews

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James Suckling

Review Date: 06/2020
Wow. This is a bold, brassy shiraz that carries a wealth of very intense aromas of ripe blackberries, dark plums, licorice and sweetly spiced earth. Still so very youthful and primary. The palate is so powerful, so mouth-filling and so, so juicy. This manages to deliver such intensity and composure. Supple, long and deep-set tannins and heroically expressive fruit. Really impressive now, but this will deliver much more over the next two decades. One of the finest releases to date.

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Wine Advocate

Review Date: 09/2022
The 2016 The Armagh Shiraz, tasted in a lineup of four vintages (2016 - 2019), has the highest alcohol of the lot (14.2% alcohol) and remains perfectly in balance. These are not the big wines that we may expect them to be. The vintage variation across them is subtle but evident, revealing the beauty of this single vineyard, planted in 1968. This 2016 wine is now starting to settle into its first drinking window and speaks of an array of deli meats, forest berries, exotic spice and even a hint of red curry paste. This has all the complexity you could want, and in terms of tannins: texture, density and rippling muscles. Sensational stuff. (EL)

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Vinous

Review Date: 06/2024
Deeply colored and flavored, the full-throttle 2016 Shiraz The Armagh delivers a rich and impressive core of blackberry, chocolate, blueberry, cloves, earth, eucalypt and dried spices wrapped up in a cloak of oak. Immense fruit concentration follows with a freight train of sweet oak and immaculately balanced drying tannins, building up to a massive finish. The 2016 is big and deeply expressive. (AH)

Notes

Jim Barry Wines, founded in 1959 in South Australia's Clare Valley, is one of Australia's most respected family-owned estates and played a major role in establishing the region's international reputation. The winery's flagship wine, The Armagh Shiraz, traces its origins to an eight-acre vineyard planted by Jim Barry in 1968 on a northwestern slope near Clare. Named after the rolling hills that reminded early Irish settlers of their homeland, The Armagh was first produced in 1985 at a time when many growers were abandoning old Shiraz vineyards in favor of other varieties. Jim Barry recognized the exceptional quality of the site and envisioned a wine that would define the character and potential of Clare Valley Shiraz. His foresight proved remarkable, as The Armagh has become one of Australia's most iconic and collectible wines. Produced only in vintages that meet the estate's exacting standards, the wine combines extraordinary concentration with elegance and longevity. Over the decades, it has earned worldwide acclaim for its depth, structure, and ability to age gracefully for decades. T

Details

TypeRed Wine
VarietalShiraz/Syrah
OriginClare Valley, South Australia, Australia
Bottle Size6 x 750 mL in original wooden case
SKU2062368
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