1997 Jim Barry Wines Shiraz The Armagh Clare Valley

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Style:	Red Wine
Grape Type:	Syrah/Shiraz What is Syrah/Shiraz?
Region:	Clare Valley

ST 93

WS 95

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About Jim Barry Wines

Recently celebrating its 50th anniversary, this large estate in the Clare Valley is also one of the region's finest. It's best known for its dense, superripe, often liqueur-like Armagh Shiraz, but the Lodge Hill and McRae Wood bottlings offer complex aromas and flavors of ripe, da... more

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Rated: 93 by Stephen Tanzer, July/Aug 00

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

Deep ruby. Liqueur-like, vibrant aromas of cassis, blackberry, dark chocolate, tree bark and eucalyptus, with a floral topnote. Explosively sweet and intensely flavored, but still tightly wrapped and partly hiding its density. Though currently unevolved, this superbly penetrating and solidly structured shiraz is utterly seamless. Finishes with firm but silky tannins and superb, subtle persistence. Should grow lush with bottle aging. Also tasted: 1997 McCrae Wood Cabernet Sauvignon/Malbec Clare Valley.