March, 2023
Pie apple, pear, jasmine, toast and cinnamon. It’s rich and flavoursome, a little warm in alcohol, but chalky and juicy, stonefruit, guava, pineapple, a pithy lemon/lime thing, a bit broad and throaty, but full of flavour and toasty spices. Solid.
2022 – 2027
November, 2022
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December, 2022
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Red and black fruit, something of an aniseed pastille thing here too, some floral notes, tobacco, cedar, and baking spice. It’s medium-bodied, kind of svelte and evenly weighted, just a little toasty oak, with some black olive and nori savoury elements. the tannin is quiet, and kind of latent, but swish it about in your mouth a bit, and their quality is revealed, especially on the long finish. I think this is going to be a beautiful wine with requisite bottle age, and is likely to rate (even) higher in time.
2027 – 2043+
March 2023
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Red and black fruit, dark mint chocolate, coffee bean and tar. Medium to full-bodied, rum and raisin chocolate, dried herbs and cedar, firm grainy tannin, fresh small red berry acidity, something of an ironstone character too, with a savoury dried cherry chocolate finish of excellent length.
2024 – 2031+
January 2023
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Red and black fruits, olive leaf, mint, a honeysuckle perfume, mocha and cedar. Medium-bodied, some cherry and chocolate in with redcurrant jelly, coffee and honey, tight grainy tannin, coffee bean and olive, clean acidity, and a dusty cedar finish of excellent length. Savoury, balanced, and likely better again with some time in the cellar.
2025 – 2031+
January, 2023
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One thing you can say of Moss Wood Pinot Noir, is they are never short of character.
Ripe strawberry, baked cherry with spicy pie crust, a little toast and tar, some musky perfume. It’s medium-bodied, a little savoury and earthy, ripe cherry and red fruits, fresh with fine grainy tannin, toasted spices and a smattering of sundried tomato and dried herbs. Finish is good too. Good now, good later. A very good release.
November, 2022
This was a tricky, cool vintage for one of Margaret River’s finest vineyards, Moss Wood; yet the cabernet ripened at the right time and produced an excellent red.
It’s restrained at present with power and depth, blueberry and red cherry flavours, before a finish of great length and finesse. Cellaring will reward the patient.
February, 2023
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The Mugford family at Moss Wood rarely puts a foot wrong, regardless of the grape variety, or the vintage. This is a classic Margaret River cabernet from the Ribbon Vale vineyard; very stylish but with a hint of confident swagger. The dark cabernet fruit is aided and abetted by small amounts of cabernet franc, merlot and malbec in a classic Bordeaux blend. This is concentrated, but has an elegant tannin structure that makes it immediately accessible – while it is also a very solid cellaring bet. Enjoy with a roast lamb and all the trimmings.
February 2023
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April, 2022