Moss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Paul Edwards, The West Australian

High expectations accompany iconic labels such as Moss Wood, especially following on from the powerful 2020. This elegantly styled 21 vintage steps up and delivers, even in its youth. This is a wine built for cellaring and, as such, it was day two when the full gamut of flavours and textures opened up, in all their magisterial glory. Think boysenberry, blueberry essence and blackberries with nuances of nori, black olive, cedar and oak toast. There’s boundless flavour intensity and a nervy freshness and silkiness to the mouthfeel. Quite the feat of engineering to craft something so substantial yet with such lightness of touch. Stunning.

May, 2024

 

98 Points

Rating: Stars
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Moss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Aaron Brasher, The Real Review

Deep garnet red in the glass, very youthful, inky and opaque. Lovely lifted aromas of cassis, bramble, dried herbs, pencil shavings and nutty oak, wonderfully complex and incredibly evocative. Powerful on the palate, lashings of blackcurrant, mulberry, blackberry and cedar. This  is quintessential Margaret River cabernet, not too heavy or angular, just the right amount of sinewy, shapely tannin working superbly with a very pure drive of fruit and delivering fabulous length. Destined for a long and glorious life.

May, 2024

 

97 Points

Rating: Stars
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Elsa – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About

Atmospheric image of Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Elsa 2023 bottle

Light straw with a cyan hue and a nose that will make any Savvy B lover grin with pleasure. Aromas of delicate white florals, complex and zesty sherbet-like citrus, orange blossom water, green apple, mangosteen, honeydew and sweet snow peas, spiced with gingerbread, nougat and vanilla-rich oak.

In the mouth it’s rich and juicy, yet tight and zesty with brilliant flavours that echo the nose, along with white peach, nectarine and creme brulee. Crisp acidity drives the fruit long and it seems to glide across the palate with glassy, frictionless ease. The balance between fruit, acid and toasty oak is wonderful. A deep mineral edge crescendos towards a reaching tail and lends a fine sizzle of tannin and a touch of austerity. It finishes dry and refreshing. I’m a sucker  for a good Savvy B, and this is just that. Complete, classy and oh-so smashable!

April, 2024

 

Rating: Stars
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Moss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog

Form is temporary, class is permanent! True in the sportling world and also in wine.
Moss Wood Cabernet is one of the country’s greatest reds and highly trade-able at auctions (first vintage 1973). As a single vineyard wine, every vintage tells it’s own story but it’s always fascinating.
Moss Wood Cabernet 2021 has effusive red fruit notes on the nose. At one level it’s ‘Modern Cabernet’ with bright, fruit flavours but also classic with leather and cigar notes layering in complexity.
The resolved tannins are exceptional and make the wine very enjoyable at this stage though collectors know that 40 years is a very reasonable drinking window.
A predictably excellent release from the maestros.

April, 2024

 

Rating: 5 Stars
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Moss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About

Deep ruby red with a purple hue and finely layered nose of riper red berries, blueberry, a hint of dried fig, bayleaf, lemon rind, cocoa, gentle sweet spice, marshmallow root and cedar. Calm and understated.
In the mouth it’s an elegant and linear expression with a focus on fruit purity and precision that comes with a cool vintage. Flavours of sweet and crunchy red berries, mulberry, plum, a hint of blackberry and moments of roasted fennel drive with good intensity and are backed by sweet spice and bright acidity. Supple tannins hold throughout the midpalate to a reaching tail ending with a good chew of tension and hums notes of cherry and red apple. It’s missing some depth and savoury complexity, but rest assured it’s a classy well made wine that makes up for it with its finesse and delicacy. You can hold on this one for decades to come.

April, 2024

 

Rating: Stars
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Moss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine

One of Australia’s great cabernets. This from a cooler season highlights and accentuates the typical bright red fruits and blue fruit mix, especially on the nose. It’s aromatic and perfumed with an African violet scent. The palate as always is so exquisitely balanced and refined. Since 1989 the cabernet has been augmented with the floral bright fruit of cabernet franc and the darker robust black fruits of petit verdot. The palate delivers with a gentle restraint yet there is power deep within. The chalky tannins define a long and focussed finish. A deceptive medium bodied wine that will cellar for many years.

April, 2024

 

98 Points

Rating: Stars
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Moss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

Shows some cedar oak, honeyed red fruit, menthol, green tobacco. It’s medium-bodied, quite assertive in acidity, but the tannin gathers up a bit and offers some slightly grainy grip, though the body here is perhaps not equal to the bones. Minty red fruits, new leather, again that sweet honey gloss to red and blue fruit, with a finish of good length. One of those wines that will likely make old bones, and become svelte and succulent…

Rated : 92+ Points
Tasted : Apr24
Alcohol : 14%
Price : $174
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2027 – 2036+

 

Rating: Stars
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Elsa – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

Atmospheric image of Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Elsa 2023 bottle

The cold never bothered me anyway.

Here’s an interesting wine, and a different expression of Sauvignon compared with your usual Margaret River styles. It’s all lime and lemon curd, honey and florals, fennel fronds, and gingersnap biscuits. It’s soft and creamy, a suggestion of butterscotch pudding and banana, but with balanced limey acidity, fine chalk dust texture, and a juicy and flavoursome finish of cool composure and fine length. Really like this. A mellifluous expression of Sauvignon and so nicely done.

April, 2024

 

94 Points

Rating: Stars
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Chardonnay – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

An opulent and slick expression of Chardonnay, and I do admire a wine that doesn’t stint on flavour. Here we have white mint chocolate, lemon pudding, cedar and spice, peach, cashew and green banana. It’s viscous and rich, but has a fine cut of acidity, melon, peach and toasty savoury oak, the texture is firm and chalky, and the finish is long, with a hazelnut skin grip to close, and some marzipan richness. I reckon this will build and settle with a few more years in bottle, and be better again. Excellent wine.

April, 2024

 

94 Points

Rating: Stars
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