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.
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 both The Winefront site (the home of Australia’s best wine reviews) and of Mattinson Photography.
Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. 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 national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.
Campbell Mattinson is a storyteller. He is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic, and in all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.
