Descripción

Este monovarietal de Syrah procedente de Clare Valley, dentro del estado de South Australia, es un vino de enorme complejidad y longevidad. Destaca por su exuberante carácter frutal y por unos taninos finos y estructurados. El viñedo debe su nombre a la cercana aldea de Armagh, fundada por colonos irlandeses y que lleva el nombre de las onduladas colinas de su tierra natal. Ha rozado la perefección en las puntuaciones de la crítica internacional.

 

 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Jim Barry
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2016
Grado
14.2% vol.
Variedad
100% Syrah
Origen
Clare Valley

Cata

Vista
Color rojo carmesí con ribete magenta.
Nariz
Aromas intensos y fragantes de frutos negros maduros, higos, albaricoque y piedra húmeda.
Boca
Complejo y mineral. El paladar es largo y persistente, con notas de arándanos y cereza madura que se combinan con notas de moca.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 16 ºC.
Consumo
Hasta 2040 si se conserva en óptimas condiciones.

Viñedo y elaboración

Nombre
The Armagh
Descripción
El viñedo situado a una altitud de 367 metros se encuentra en una ladera orientada al noroeste.
Edad
Plantado en 1968.
Suelo
Grava arenosa.
Clima
Mediterráneo.
Envejecimiento
Crianza de 14 meses en barrica de roble francés (70%) y americano (30%).

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

My pick of the recently bottled vintages, the 2016 The Armagh Shiraz shows a bit more obvious oak (simply because of its youth) but also a wonderful taut tension between ripeness and acidity. The fruit here is a bit redder in profile, leaning more toward raspberries than blackberries, while still being fully ripe. Full-bodied and supple, it finishes cedary, intense and long, adding in complex, lingering spice notes.

Decanter:

This is a brilliant wine that makes you sit up and pay attention. Concentrated and mouthwatering with spicy liquorice root and black cherries. Needs a couple more years to fully open but already it packs a punch without being overpowering, and it achieves the feat of great wines where you simply know how good they are by how your palate responds to the effortless balance of tannin, juice and brambled fruit. Long ageing potential also. 3.5pH, 70% French oak, 30% American oak. From sandy gravel soils with full sun exposure meaning natural low yields of around 30hl/ha. Drinking Window 2022 - 2040

James Suckling:

Wow. This is a bold, brassy shiraz that carries a wealth of very intense aromas of ripe blackberries, dark plums, licorice and sweetly spiced earth. Still so very youthful and primary. The palate is so powerful, so mouth-filling and so, so juicy. This manages to deliver such intensity and composure. Supple, long and deep-set tannins and heroically expressive fruit. Really impressive now, but this will deliver much more over the next two decades. One of the finest releases to date.