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Moss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
A wine of stunning presence, the engaging bouquet shows dark berry, thyme, star anise, rich floral and cedar characters. The palate is both concentrated and seamless with outstanding weight and depth, wonderfully framed by finely infused chalky tannins. This is symphonic with grace and style, promising to evolve magnificently. At…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Chardonnay – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Restrained and poised, the inviting bouquet shows white flesh stone fruit, lemon pith, roasted cashew and oatmeal nuances, followed by a brilliantly focused palate delivering creamy texture with firm acidity, making it refined and splendidly structured at the same time. Beautifully flowing to an impressively long, sophisticated finish. At its…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Elsa – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Complex and engaging, the bouquet shows ripe peach, lemon peel, nougat and subtle pastry aromas, leading to a splendidly weighted palate offering saline texture combined with bright acidity. Superbly structured with alluring flavours, finishing wonderfully long and vibrant. A blend of 94% Sauvignon Blanc & 6% Semillon. At its best:…
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Moss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
The Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon is always one of Margaret River’s best and this latest release is no exception. From the sub-region of Wilyabrup, the blend is 95% Cabernet, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. Not the easiest vintage in the region, the team overcame any and all obstacles.…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Chardonnay – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
This is the third release of the Ribbon Vale Chardonnay, which hails from Wilyabrup, though a cooler location than the MW Chardonnay. Fermentation and maturation was in French oak barriques, 23% new. This is a fine Margaret River Chardonnay. The nose exhibits notes of peaches, apricots and some tropical characters.…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Elsa – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
This is a wine which takes us into a different realm of Sauvignon Blanc, with whole bunch pressing, fermentation in stainless steel tanks before transfer to oak. 225 litre French oak barriques, 7% new, with nine months maturation. The nose offers florals and seabreeze notes, a real oystershell character to…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Elsa – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
The plan was to revamp how they made Sauvignon Blanc. They had an eye on the great whites of the Loire Valley as a template. Well 2023 Elsa is their best yet. Handpicked and sorted, the grapes get the luxury treatment in the vineyard and winery. Elsa ’23 is disciplined…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Chardonnay – Angus Hughson, Vinous.com
This young, vibrant 2023 Chardonnay Ribbon Vale offers piercing aromas of grapefruit, nectarine and preserved lemon wrapped in prominent but well-balanced oak. Tangy tutti-frutti flavors follow with impressive focus before nutty barrel fermentation and maturation build through to the finish. It’s too young to drink right now, but it has…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Elsa – Angus Hughson, Vinous.com
The finely tuned 2023 White Blend Elsa Ribbon Vale is generously proportioned and youthful as it radiates grapefruit and lemon pith with a touch of exotic green mango and green herbs, all well integrated with French oak. Expressive and creamy textured oak flavors add backbone to what is a sophisticated…
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Moss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Angus Hughson, Vinous.com
This engaging 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon appeals with its subtlety rather than raw power. Dried herbs, clay and blackcurrant are finely intertwined with French oak. Firm and mid-weight with a strong core, the Wilyabrup gravels emerge in flavor and texture to drive a strong, tension-filled finish. There’s a lovely overall flow…
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Moss Wood 2022 Chardonnay – Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2022 Chardonnay leads with a nose redolent of white chocolate praline, roasted/salted/crushed cashews, orange oil, vanilla pod and wafer. In the mouth, the phenolics serve to almost balance the opulent fruit; this is a huge, pillowy wine of substance and volume. It tastes the way custard cooking on the…
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Moss Wood 2020 Pinot Noir – Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2020 Pinot Noir is concentrated and red fruited, with berries and garden mint. The mint character feels like a vineyard characteristic to me, as I see it so often in the wines, and it sits so well within the red fruit character of the wine, which includes red cherries,…
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Moss Wood 2021 Pinot Noir – Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2021 Pinot Noir leads with strawberry and garden mint on the nose, which pull through onto the palate. The wine is intense and concentrated, although light in the glass, and it shows a cavalcade of red fruits, briar, rose, cherry, pomegranate and pink peppercorns. This is a really lovely…
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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…
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Moss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Elegant red that is a benchmark for the variety with red rose petal, cassis, blackberry, cedar wood, cacao nibs flavours and a backbone of spicy French oak that adds extra complexity. Accessible but it’s almost a shame to drink it before 2030. May, 2024
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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…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Elsa – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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