Winery Jim Barry - The Armagh Shiraz

Winery Jim BarryThe Armagh Shiraz

4.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The The Armagh Shiraz of Winery Jim Barry is a red wine from the region of Clare Valley of Australie du Sud.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The The Armagh Shiraz of the Winery Jim Barry is in the top 10 of wines of Australia and in the top 5 of wines of Clare Valley.

Taste structure of the The Armagh Shiraz from the Winery Jim Barry

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the The Armagh Shiraz of Winery Jim Barry in the region of Australie du Sud is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, vanilla

Wine with spices taste

pepper, licorice

Wine with earth taste

leather, earthy

Wine with microbio taste

cream, cheese

Wine with floral taste

violet

On the nose the The Armagh Shiraz of Winery Jim Barry in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of cream, earth or toasty and sometimes also flavors of mint, prune or game.

Details and technical informations about Winery Jim Barry's The Armagh Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.6°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Ravat blanc

Interspecific crossing between Seibel 5474 (Seibel 405 x Seibel 867) and Chardonnay by Jean-François Ravat. After 1945, it was already considered a quality grape variety, and is now listed in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A1.

Last vintages of this wine

The Armagh Shiraz - 2016
In the top 5 of of Clare Valley wines
Average rating: 4.911111
The Armagh Shiraz - 2015
In the top 5 of of Clare Valley wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
The Armagh Shiraz - 2014
In the top 5 of of Clare Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
The Armagh Shiraz - 2013
In the top 5 of of Clare Valley wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
The Armagh Shiraz - 2012
In the top 5 of of Clare Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
The Armagh Shiraz - 2010
In the top 5 of of Clare Valley wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
The Armagh Shiraz - 2009
In the top 5 of of Clare Valley wines
Average rating: 4.711110.5

The best vintages of The Armagh Shiraz from Winery Jim Barry are 2016, 1990, 2000, 2009 and 2006.

Informations about the Winery Jim Barry

The winery offers 50 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Clare Valley in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Jim Barry is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 52 wines for sale in the of Clare Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 15 of of Australia wines
In the top 3 of of Clare Valley wines
In the top 600 of red wines
In the top 750 wines of the world

The wine region of Clare Valley

The wine region of Clare Valley is located in the region of Mount Lofty Ranges of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 269 estates and châteaux in the of Clare Valley, producing 1076 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Clare Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Australie du Sud

SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.

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