Moppity Lock & Key Hilltops Shiraz 2023
$35, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Hilltops
Settle in. This is a cuddly, well flavoured, well shaped shiraz that both feels and tastes the goods. The palate here is flooded with plum, chocolate, cedarwood and gum leaf notes, the finish then impressively etched with tannin. All will enjoy. This is a shiraz of both density and softness. 93 points.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
