Aramis The Heir Syrah 2018

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Aramis The Heir Syrah 2018.

Aramis The Heir Syrah 2018
$80, 14.5%, DIAM cork, McLaren Vale.

This is a rich, satisfying, plush red wine that is, right now, in the prime of its drinking life. It will satisfy everyone and anyone. It tastes of sweet plums, it comes inflected with herbs and leathers, it has an earthen side and it’s laced with smoky, minty oak. Tannin, fine-grained, is a key feature, though it is beautifully well integrated with the richness of the fruit. This is a majestic red wine, mature now but with plenty ahead of it. 95 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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