Aramis The Heir Syrah McLaren Vale 2016
- 96
- $80
- Drink by: 2025-2040
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From one of the really great vintages for the region, this is a very dark magenta hue. The nose reveals notes of mocha, blackberries, chocolate, bay leaves, graphite, soy and cloves. The oak is beautifully integrated and there is such impressive length. Plush, approachable, generous and quite luscious, this has a sleek texture and silky tannins. It will handle the next fifteen years with ease. The pedigree of the vintage shines through here. Seriously good buying.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
