Aramis The Heir Syrah 2016
$80, 14.5%, DIAM cork, McLaren Vale.
There’s substance on offer here. Blackberry, roasted plums, coffee and earth characters lead into beefstock and saltbush. The tannin is firm and the finish is dry, but the palate has developed attractively over time, and remains both brimful of flavour and complex. 92 points.
Campbell Mattinson
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.
