Jim Barry | The McRae Wood | Shiraz 1998

PV Tasting Notes

The 1998 McRae Wood is a fabulous wine, medium garnet colour with touches of red brick at the rim, boasting huge quantities of blackberry fruit infused with smoke, espresso, camphor and very subtle oak on the complex aromatics, very nicely concentrated and full bodied, arrived in the perfect drinking window, the tannins have integrated fully now leaving a lovely soft, velvety textured and sumptuous wine. Drink through 2018.

This wine shows what a truly great vintage 1998 was in South Australia.

Match this with the finest of foods, Duck Breast (Pink) as a special occasion, Veal Scaloppine, Roast Pigeon, Osso Buco, and of course Rare Roast Beef.

Long regarded as an icon of Australian winemaking, Jim Barry passed away in October 2004. His family now continue the tradition of commitment to quality and flair established so long ago by the master winemaker. The winery has an exceptional resource base of 247 hectares of mature Clare Valley vineyards and is headed by another great Australian Character Peter Barry.
Oak treatment: Aged for 14 months in 58% New American, 32% New French and 10% 2-year old American oak barrels.

Technical data:
Total Acid 7.2 g/l
pH 3.39