The late Jim Barry was a pioneer of the Australian wine industry. He was the first qualified winemaker to work in the Clare Valley of South Australia and with his wife, Nancy, built a successful wine business which has produced trophy-winning wines since its establishment in 1959. Today, the company is headed by Jim’s second son Peter Barry.
Jim Barry Wines has four distinctive climatic and geographical sites in the Clare Valley:
1) Watervale towards the southern end of the Valley
2) Lodge Hill in the eastern ranges
3) Vineyards at the northern entrance to Clare and
4) Armagh to the west
In addition, the company has a 14 hectare Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard in the Coonawarra region.
Tasted wine was Watervale Riesling 2012, of course from riesling crapes.
THE LOOK
Like the label of the bottle, simple black W on white background. Sometimes labels attract to try the wine which was the fact this time.
Wine itself is bright straw yellow in appearance with green nuance. Light riesling white wine.
THE NOSE
Nice light riesling bouqet without disturbing side effects. Acidity, petrol and minerals are far away. Nothing disturbs…
THE TASTE
WIne is really dry as you can see from the facts and figures below. However, wine lacks typical riesling minerality which makes wine is a little bit unbalanced.
Facts and figures:
| Alcohol: | 12,20 % |
| Extract : | 22 g/l |
| Acidity: | 6,7 g/l |
| Sugar: | 4 g/l |
| Energy: | 80 kcal / 100 ml (330 kJ / 100 ml) |
| Closure: | metal screw cap |
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Wine is suitable for all kinds of fish and white meat foods as well as pasta and pizza which we made by ourselves. With pizza we also tasted Don Camillo Sangiovese which paired better with it. Of course it also depends what toppings you add on pizza.
REVIEW: OVERALL GRADE 3/5 – BANG FOR THE BUG + / +++
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