Moppity Block M1 Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Moppity Block M1 Cabernet Sauvignon 2022.

Moppity Block M1 Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
$45, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Hilltops.

This wine was grown on vines that are now 25+ years old. In the words of Moppity owner/grower Jason Brown, it’s always been the estate’s “best block”. The beauty of this wine is tied to the fact that it feels unforced. It flows, it’s varietal, it shows bay leaf, blackcurrant, briar and tobacco flavours mostly, and its tannin framework is made up of fine, intricate threads. It won’t set you back on your heels, and it’s pretty savoury in its youth, but in another four or five year’s time this wine will be a mellow, complex masterpiece. 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 the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent 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, who is 100% independent, 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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