Aramis The Heir Syrah 2017

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Aramis Syrah 2017.

Aramis The Heir Syrah 2017
$80, 14.5%, DIAM cork, McLaren Vale.

This has matured very nicely. It has retained its silk – it’s creamy smooth on the palate – but it has mellowed and become more complex, and it offers excellent drinking right now. Indeed it’s the kind of wine that proves the benefit of ageing (quality) red wine. This now tastes of licorce red and black, earth, leather, mint and caramel. You open the bottle and it spreads out before you, ready to go and openly beautiful. 93 points.

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 both The Winefront site (the home of Australia’s best wine reviews) and of Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer 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 national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson is a storyteller. He is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic, and in all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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