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James Suckling -
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Wine Advocate
Red
Classification
Shiraz
Variety
2010
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Clare Valley
Region
14.0%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
99 / 100"There’s a transient, flinty and meaty edge here with bags of spice and bold, ripe plums and blackberries on offer. Tar, licorice and violets, too. Very complex, youthful aromas and a sheer palate that has a very sleek, fresh and long feel. Concise, contained and concentrated. Bold plums are locked in a silky, layered and smooth finish. Power with elegance here. - James Suckling, 99 Points."
- James Suckling
99 / 100
"Deep garnet with a touch of purple, the 2010 Shiraz The Armagh offers a beautiful black fruit core, yielding notes of crushed blackberries and blueberries, with an undercurrent of coffee and spice box, plus touches of earth and raw meat. Full-bodied and built like a brick house, it has concentrated, very youthful fruit that reveals many layers in the long, long finish. - Wine Advocate, 99 Points."
- Wine Advocate
Tasting Notes
Deep crimson. Intense oyster shell, graphite, dark cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate / praline / mocha aromas with sage notes. Concentrated dark cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate, supple fine loose-knit gravelly tannins and integrated mocha / vanilla oak notes, Finishes chalky firm with blackberry pastille chinotto / tobacco leaf notes, Very well balanced aged claret style. 14 months in French and American oak, 70% new. Screwcap 14.6% alc Drink now-2040
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity