Moppity Atrius Shiraz 2022

Moppity Atrius Shiraz 2022
$35, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Canberra/Murrumbateman.

If you ever wanted to prove to someone that Hilltops shiraz can be a truly beautiful thing, then this wine would be the perfect vehicle. It’s a pretty damn gorgeous wine. It’s floral, it’s spicy, it’s nutty and it’s cherried, the latter in both the black and red berried forms. Mostly though this wine is just plain delicious, or as delicious as a dry red wine can be. On the finish it ties all this goodness together with fine-grained-but-assertive tannin, which is a nice touch, though the aftertaste then adds licorice characters as a kind of encore. This is fancy shiraz at a better-than-fair price. Personally, I think it’s brilliant. 94 points.