Jim BarryThe Armagh Shiraz 1996
Limited availability
Dry, Full Bodied style of Shiraz
Pairs well with Beef
About this product
Limited availabilityDry, Full Bodied style of ShirazPairs well with Beef
- TypeShiraz
- Size750mL
- RegionClare Valley
- Current Vintage1996
- Standard Drinks8.6
- Alcohol Volume14.5%
- Langtons ClassifiedExceptional
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameJim Barry
- Food MatchBeef
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
- More about Campbell Mattinson
Campbell Mattinson
Award winning Australian wine reviewer for Wine Companion and winefront.com.au
Vintage 1996
95 points www.winefront.com.au
1996 is the classic South Australian vintage and while I may have liked to see a touch more length in this wine, it didn’t disappoint. Rich and leathery. Beef stock, mint and blackberry jam, with beautifully integrated, coffeed oak. Well developed but in fine fettle. Nice (but not outstanding) length and nice supple tannin. A beautiful drink in anyone’s terms.
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 1996
94 points www.winecompanion.com.au
Full red-purple; lovely dark cherry and blackberry fruit dominates a complex bouquet, with only subtle oak in evidence. A big, succulently dense black cherry and chocolate-flavoured palate follows, finishing with soft tannins. Notwithstanding all that flavour, not over-extracted.
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