Lino Ramble Sly Fox Fortified Arinto

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Lino Ramble Sly Fox Fortified Arinto.

Lino Ramble Sly Fox Fortified Arinto
$40 500ml, 18.5% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale South Australia.

The Arinto grape. This saw some time on (grape) skins, and saw some time in wood, and saw (obviously) some fortification with spirit. It’s an amber-orange in the glass, it tastes of orange oil and toffee apples, caramelised pears and citrus, with a gentle burnt character adding to the overall personality. It’s oddball and familiar at once; a good way to be. It tastes beautiful on ice. 91/100 and worth buying.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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