2021 Jim Barry The Lodge Hill Shiraz, Clare Valley

2 Trophies & 7 Medals 

2023 Clare Wine Show Trophy for Best Vintage Section Shiraz Gold Medal

2022 Clare Wine Show Trophy, Gold Medal

2023 National Wine Show of Australia Gold Medal

2023 Sydney Royal Wine Show Gold Medal

2023 Perth Royal Wine Awards Gold Medal

2023 Royal Adelaide Wine Show Gold Medal

2023 Royal Hobart Wine Show Gold Medal

This is from a vineyard at 480m in Clare so it is getting some cooler influences. It’s such a bright and beautiful shiraz, lifted with red fruits and a decent hit of spices and black pepper. It’s medium weight with such a high energy palate bouncing from the glass. The tight core of subtle oak and chalky tannins completes an excellent wine.

95 points Ray Jordan's Top 100 Reds 2023 Jul 2023

The patriarch of this highly successful wine business, Jim Barry, died in 2004, but the business continues under the active management of several of his many children, led by the irrepressible Peter Barry. The ultra-premium release is The Armagh Shiraz, with the McCrae Wood red wines not far behind. Jim Barry Wines is able to draw upon mature Clare Valley vineyards, plus a small holding in Coonawarra. After studying and travelling, third-generation winemaker Tom and commercial manager Sam Barry have joined the business, launching The Barry Bros label. In November 2016, Jim Barry Wines released the first commercial Assyrtiko grown and made in Australia.

Jim Barry Wines is a founding member of Australia's First Families of Wine.