Jim Barry

The Armagh Shiraz 1999

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  Vintage 1999
  96 points The Real Review

Deep, dark, dense colour with a black-ish tinge. The bouquet is restrained and quietly complex, interest-packed, while the palate is rich and concentrated, intense and penetrating, with layers of black fruit and espresso coffee, chocolate and toffee flavours all nicely integrated. A big, solid, powerful wine that serves up all the things that we expect in a top Armagh.

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  Vintage 1999
  95 points Halliday Wine Companion

Deep red-purple; a powerful, complex ripe bouquet offers licorice, prune, plum, sweet cherry and spice, all of which come through on the massively built yet balanced palate. The big end of town, to be sure, but an exceptionally good example. Unanimous gold medal Clare Valley Regional Wine Show 2001.