Anvers Syrah 2022
$38, 14% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.
This is a beauty. It’s a shiraz/syrah for those of us who love a bit of spice and/or pepper in our red wine. It’s floral too, beautifully so, and berried, and pillowy soft, and effortless. From start to finish it proves a great deal of pleasure, all of it – it’s important to note – in a savoury, nutty, gently herbal style. If you like this style, this wine is a yes. 93 points.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
