Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz 2012

Professional Ratings

• 98 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2012 Shiraz The Armagh offers a gorgeous perfume of baking spices, violets, Sichuan pepper and fragrant earth. More earthy and savory in the mouth than on the nose, the palate is superbly structured and taut—built for the long-haul—with a long, complex finish. Still very youthfully, forget this wine for 3-5 more years and consider drinking it over the next 20+.
  Rating: 98+
• 96 Wine Spectator
  Robust and dense, this shows plenty of torque to the generous, velvety flavors of huckleberry pie, blueberry syrup, sarsaparilla, cacao and nutmeg, all set on a plush, thick body. The intensity kicks in on the finish, where spice and smoke details linger effortlessly. Drink now through 2040.
• 93 James Suckling

  This is a delicious glass of ripe shiraz, but there’s a hint of caramelized plum in the nose, and on the richly textural palate there’s a hint of warmth. Just a tad too much of a good thing and therefore maybe not well suited to long aging. Drink now.