Jim Barry The Armagh 14Deep medium crimson. Very complete and classic South Australian wine with beautiful dark chocolate, malt, blackberry, raspberry aromas with tobacco leaf sage notes. Superb complex wine with plentiful praline, dark cherry, blackberry fruits, remarkable inky density viscosity, plentiful fine loose knit chalky al dente tannins and beautifully integrated mocha nutmeg oak. Bittersweet chinotto finish with a fine tannin plume. An outstanding vintage that

Our search took us to the Arrowtown Museum

tasting of ripe strawberries and warming spice reminiscent of a sweet vermouth with a bold pinot noir nose of dark fruit and rich iris flowers

Serve with slice of ruby grapefruit and sprig of rosemary

and Nashi pear from the start to the very long

Similar length to Dave’s Block but more intensity

Cool conditions especially around the time of flowering resulted in a combination of low yields and concentration of flavour

A factor that is very important to us

Pretty funky

Crafted by former Cloudy Bay founding winemaker Kevin Judd

Region: Waiheke Island

Shaw + Smith was established in 1989 by cousins Michael Hill Smith MW and Martin Shaw

It is also a great match for aged cheeses such as Gouda or Cheddar