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2019 Jim Barry Assyrtiko

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3/9/2024 - tanduybui Likes this wine: 89 points

An enjoyable quaff.

A simple wine that lacks complexity from the wines from Greece but with a 4-year bottle age, it is showing at its best. Some green apple, spice and lime on the nose, it is easy on the palate with notes of peach, citrus and apple. Lovely freshness and a well rounded finish with hints of saltiness and minerals. Wonderful aperitif wine.

Drink now to 3+ years.

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2004 Jim Barry Shiraz The McRae Wood

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3/5/2024 - Ian Bee Likes this wine: 93 points

Full-bodied, concentrated fruit aroma when opened.
Beautiful texture and well-balanced oak.
Best decantered for a period before drinking.
Drinking beautifully in March 2024.
This wine could not improve with more bottle aging.
The wine looks crimson colored. The legs are slow. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, toast and black pepper. It tastes like blackberry. The body is full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has low acidity.

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2010 Jim Barry Shiraz The Armagh

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3/5/2024 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 93 points

Delicious. Big ripe and rich. Behind the big mainly black fruit there a lot of iron earth notes. A robust structure, with good acidity here. Full bodied. Long with some complexity. Beginning to drink now, ideally give it another 5 years.

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2009 Jim Barry Riesling The Florita

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2/26/2024 - Alexander Smith Likes this wine: 92 points

15 years young, wow Australian Rieslings age so gracefully. Beeswax, lemon zest, nectarine peel, apricot, lime juice, crushed stones and a touch of petrol. The palate is bright juicy and citrus peel driven, with incredibly refreshing acidity, orchard notes, crushed stones characteristics, a layered mid palate leading to a lip smacking yet focused finish. 92++ this is only going to get better in the coming years, shame the wife does not like Rieslings 😢

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2009 Jim Barry Shiraz St Clare Dry Red

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2/16/2024 - LindsayM wrote: NR

sealed under glass stopper
These quality stoppers, known as Vino-Lok, eliminate cork taint but look classier than a screwcap. Alcoa, a German company, came up with the idea in the early 2000s.
this appears to be a one off release under the St Clare banner 50th Anniversary Shiraz 2009

Colour inky black impenetrable slight bricking on the rim 15/15
Nose intense secondaries tending to dominant , some plum aromas but generally fruit fading , cigar box cedar , chocolate ,vanilla oak spice and anise, as well as savoury, earthy aromas, including leather, tobacco . definitely better on day 2 26/30
Palate full bodied intense flavours , I was confused on day 1 but this is much better on day 2 , more balanced , more complete the air is letting some fruit flavours come forward 40/44
overall , The wine is opening out and i believe it needs more time , it's 15yo now probably got another 5 years ahead of it 9/11
so 90 points now , will see how it goes over the next day or so , it would be interesting to put this up against the 2009 Armagh

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2018 Jim Barry Clarevale Cabernet Malbec

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2/16/2024 - tanduybui Likes this wine: 94 points

Impressive first up effort - the Barry family should be very proud.

Medium body that radiates purity of fruits and great wine making. Excellent aromas of red and black currant, with notes of spice and earthiness or cedar. The wine seems to have lost its body fat so it is clean and full of life, very vibrant. Tannin is beginning to settle down making it very approachable now but can go a fair way, especially under screw cap.

Drink now to 8+ years. Decanting for 2 hours would be helpful.

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2013 Jim Barry Shiraz The Armagh

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2/5/2024 - djn63 Likes this wine: 94 points

Silky smooth yet powerful. Blew the table away. Drinking well but years left

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2015 Jim Barry The PB Reserve Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon

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2/2/2024 - jrbates68@gmail.com wrote: NR

I think this might have peaked.

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2023 Jim Barry Riesling Watervale

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2/1/2024 - Redback Likes this wine: NR

Year in, year out, this wine always hits the Rizza spot for me. Juicy, Dry and great VFM.

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2006 Jim Barry Cabernet Sauvignon First Eleven XI

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1/27/2024 - NoelB Likes this wine: 93 points

yum

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2005 Jim Barry Shiraz The Armagh

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1/21/2024 - NoelB Likes this wine: 99 points

Almost as good as it gets. Outshone 707, Wendouree and Craiglee on the day.

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2018 Jim Barry Cabernet Sauvignon First Eleven XI

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1/14/2024 - Cynthia’s Cellar Likes this wine: NR

This wine is beautiful. Will age for another 10 years easily

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2015 Jim Barry Shiraz The McRae Wood

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1/14/2024 - Hayden & Ambers Cellar Likes this wine: NR

Delicious with a steak

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2001 Jim Barry Shiraz The Armagh

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1/13/2024 - kimcot Likes this wine: 92 points

Absolutely fabulous!
Still lots of fruit flavours on the palate and no amber edging in the gkass.
Tile red colour, very bright.
Still a few years left with this one.
Magic pairing with grilled Moroccan spiced spatchcock.

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2016 Jim Barry Shiraz The Armagh

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1/12/2024 - f95masv Likes this wine: 96 points

Blackberry, plum, leather and hints of tobacco. Nice tannins, a bit closed. Give it enough air and a few more years in the cellar.

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2019 Jim Barry Cabernet Sauvignon The Cover Drive

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1/4/2024 - rowly wrote: NR

Was 2017 not 2019 and delicious!

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1994 Jim Barry Shiraz The Armagh

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12/30/2023 - Niall Conlon wrote: NR

Gave to Dudley

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2007 Jim Barry Shiraz The Armagh

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12/30/2023 - Niall Conlon wrote: NR

Gave to Dudley

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2021 Jim Barry Barry & Sons

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12/28/2023 - NickBri wrote: 88 points

Somewhat savoury and chalky… myeah

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2008 Jim Barry Shiraz The Armagh

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12/23/2023 - Isaac D wrote: NR

Blackberries, blueberries, vanilla, charcuterie, leather, meat stock. Very much in the drinking window. Still has some nice tannins and acidity to carry the wine through for another 10-15 years. 96+

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2020 Jim Barry Shiraz The McRae Wood

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12/19/2023 - malerif Likes this wine: 86 points

strong, acetate buttered popcorn, black pepper, oak, blackberry, plum, strong tannins

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2013 Jim Barry Riesling Spring Farm Block 18

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12/15/2023 - tanduybui Likes this wine: 94 points

A great wine to go with sushi - sheer laser like intensity helps to cut through the oiliness of the fish.

Green-yellow, a somewhat of a restrained bouquet that has a blend of minerals, white flowers and lime. A wonderful linear body that is so beautifully sculpted, precise and it speaks with a clarity that only a great riesling can do. Very long finish and persistent.

Drink now to 10+ years. A grand cru of riesling!

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2013 Jim Barry Riesling Spring Farm Block 114

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12/15/2023 - tanduybui Likes this wine: 93 points

A more full bodied riesling that has weight and depth. Fantastic!

Light by an internal light source, there is an intensity yellow with a tinge of green enveloping the wine, always a good sign! The nose has lovely complexity of some white peach, lemon rind and buttery bread. Body is rich with citrus, yellow melon (unusual for Clare Valley) but has lovely freshness that drives it along. A nice fruited finish. Need to choose fruit wisely.

Drink now to 6+ years.

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2012 Jim Barry Shiraz The McRae Wood

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12/10/2023 - red.red.vino wrote: 94 points

In the decanter an hour prior to drinking. Super tasty, ripe dark red and black plums, chocolate, well rounded and just super tasty and smashable. Excellent fun. Score reflects enjoyment factor over any technical aspect.

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2018 Jim Barry Assyrtiko

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5/21/2023 - forceberry wrote: 89 points

The Assyrtiko vines that produce the fruit from this wine are cuttings brought from Argyros, a Santorini producer making some of the greatest Assyrtikos in the world. The vines were planted in 2012 at the Lodge Hill vineyard, Clare Valley. 12.5% alcohol, 3 g/l residual sugar, 6,9 g/l acidity, pH 2,8. Tasted blind.

Still very youthful, palish lime-green color. The nose feels somewhat closed and slightly gaseous with a bit reductive aromas of white currants, some steely mineral tones, a little bit of zesty lemon character, light leesy nuances, a hint of candied primary fruit and a touch of flint smoke. The nose opens up and loses some of that reduction with air, but doesn't clear fully. The wine feels ripe yet very brisk and dry on the palate with a light body and crisp flavors of lemony citrus fruits and tart Granny Smith apple, some gaseous notes of reduction, a little bit of leesy character, light grassy herbal nuances, a hint of fresh white currant and a touch of tangy salinity. The bracing acidity lends remarkable freshness and electric energy to the wine without making it come across as too high-strung. The palate-cleansing finish is crisp, long and acid-driven with a dry aftertaste of Granny Smith apple, some pithy notes of pomelo and lemony citrus fruit, light steely mineral tones, a little bit of leesy character, a hint of tangy salinity and a grassy touch of herby character.

A nice, crisp and very racy wine that is still super-youthful; the wine feels virtually unchanged to the bottle we tasted more than three years ago. However, the wine feels more like a Clare Valley white than an Assyrtiko - just as last time, my guess was a Clare Valley Riesling, and when I was told that it wasn't it, my second guess was Eden Valley Riesling. The style here is much more Australian than Assyrtiko - while a nice wine in its own right, this is still lacking the punch, depth and concentration showed by the best Assyrtikos of Santorini. A nice wine, but really I don't know how long it should be aged before it starts to lose its primary fruit flavors and smoky reductive characteristics. Maybe a bit pricey for the quality at 23,98€.

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