Moppity Block A5 Shiraz 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Moppity Block A5 Shiraz 2022.

Moppity Block A5 Shiraz 2022
$45, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Canberra/Murrumbateman.

Canberra shiraz has a great ability to blend treble, bass and midtones to such captivating effect. This wine shoots dark plum flavours straight at you, while also blending sweet red cherry, twiggy spice, roasted nut and game characters as part of that dark juice, while also throwing potpourri characters wildly throughout. It’s exquisitely well handled, and flavoured, and presented. Fine-grained tannin caps it all off perfectly. 94 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 the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been a respected wine critic and photo-journalist 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 prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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