2012 Jim Barry Shiraz The McRae Wood

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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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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  4/14/2023 - NapaTom Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Unique and truly delightful. New nuances continue to show themselves. Evolving beautifully --see my 5/22 comments. Now even More Character--the earth and blue fruit, with smoke cassis, spices make this is a Very interesting and enticing wine. Soooo much going on, soooo complex. Our GCC group is mostly California cab dinkers, but every time I bring this, it gets great raves. Last time it was fantastic with short ribs, and this time a great match with beef stroganoff. Still very fruity, no jam, no hint of getting near over the hill. I have 4 more. Patience is difficult.

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  5/19/2022 - NapaTom Likes this wine: 93 Points

  GCC May 2022. Drinking very well now. Loved it two years ago, whe it has a more tannic character, and we liked the nice bite. This time certainly more mature---same wonderful clear dark fruit--with good acidity and balance. blackberry/blueberry muanced with spices and and a very intersting earthiness. Very nice level of complexity front to back, and quite a good finish.
  2 1/2 hour decant--should have done more--at 3 1/2 hours the finish was more evident. Seeing some posts here inspires me to drink my other four bottles at two year intervals. I love this wine but am more a Napa cab drinker than an Aussie Shiraz guy, so I am hoping that you are right re the "still a baby--wait 10 years." Anyway it is an exciting prospect. To me and our group, this wine is drinking way way over its price point.

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  12/23/2021 - matthbo Likes this wine: 93 Points

  2. Flasche, halbes Jahr später schmeckt er mir noch besser. Vielleicht ist es auch einfach nur die Weihnachtsstimmung und die Gesellschaft. voll, rund, dunkel, lang, einfach ausgezeichnet.

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  5/13/2021 - matthbo Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Sehr guter Wein, fruchtig,rund,harmonisch und gehaltvoll mit der typischen erdigen Rustikalität des Shiraz. Easy drinking

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