2018 Lock & Key Reserve Cabernet
$45.00
“finely structured”
The Lock & Key Reserve Cabernet has a very high percentage of premium Moppity fruit and receives the same detailed attention to wine making. Fantastic value coupled with consistent quality.
- Vintage: 2018
- Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
- Alcohol:13.9%
- Region: Hilltops
- Bottle Size: 750ml
- Case Size: 12
- Country: Australia
Awards
Vintage 2018
- 94pts – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Vintage 2016
- 94pts – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Vintage 2015
- 94pts – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
- TROPHY – Canberra and Region Wine Show 2016
- GOLD – Canberra and Region Wine Show 2016
Vintage 2014
- TROPHY – NSW Wine Awards 2015
- TROPHY – Rutherglen Wine Show 2016
- GOLD – Royal Hobart International Wine Show 2015
- GOLD – NSW Wine Awards 2015
- GOLD – Rutherglen Wine Show 2016
Vintage 2013
- 95 Points – James Halliday, Wine Companion
- GOLD – NSW Small Winemakers Wine Show 2014
- GOLD – Royal Queensland Wine Show 2015
Technical & Tasting Notes
VITICULTURE
A high majority of our fruit for the Reserve wines come from our premium ‘Block 2’. Shoot-thinned, leaf-thinned and crop reduced to 2.5 tonnes per acre.
WINE MAKING
Cold soaked pre-ferment, 12 day fermentation, barrel aged in new and used French hogsheads and barriques for 12 months. Multiple rackings are done to clarify and aerate (enhancing the sensory properties of the wine).
TASTING NOTES
On the nose there is an array of forest fruits with cedary complexity. This is classic cool climate Cabernet with intense blackcurrant, dark plum and spice flavours. Beautifully integrated with subtle cedar oak, generous ripe fruits and is beautifully textured.
Reviews
Vintage 2018
It’s gorgeously ripe and perfumed on the nose showing cassis, tobacco, cedar and vanilla characters with a hint of mixed spice nuance. The concentrated palate delivers terrific weight and texture, wonderfully supported by fine chalky tannins. At its best: now to 2030. www.moppity.com.au. May 2021.
Vintage 2016
“This is an impressively styled cabernet, showing lifted aromas of cassis, dark plum, dried herb and cedar characters with a lovely lift of violet on the nose. The palate is concentrated and fabulously fruited with excellent mid palate weight and intensity, finishing superbly long and engaging. The wine offers lovely fruit purity combined with elegant complexity.” Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Vintage 2015
“This is magnificently expressed on the nose showing cassis, spiced plum, cedar, cigar, anise and floral characters. The palate is concentrated and beautifully weighted, displaying fabulous fruit richness together with elegant savoury complexity, finishing persistent and silky.” Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Vintage 2014
“Has good colour, laying the ground for a full bodied cabernet with bell clear varietal character and substantial tannins to boot. Will repay patience, and can be cellared with confidence.” – James Halliday, Wine Companion
Vintage 2013
“Bright, clear crimson; the wine has a very fragrant bouquet, with cassis to the fore just as it is on the finely structured, juicy palate. There is also a subtext of cedary oak and some dried herbs that are strongly varietal.” – James Halliday, Wine Companion.