Wine Reviews
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 is another impressive release. Depth and concentration are the words here. Bright red and black fruit flavours are meshed in a web of high quality tannins with a long finish. Of all the wines in the Moss Wood stable the RV Cabernet demands…
Read Review
Moss Wood 2021 Semillon – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
Fresh, lemony semillon here with a subtle, toasted-grain and oak-spice overlay. Reminiscent of modern white Bordeaux. Good concentration of yellow citrus fruit in the mouth and a bright kick of acidity. Drink or hold. Screw cap. January, 2022
Read Review
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
This has a fresh, redcurrant and black-fruit nose with gentle perfume and a pleasingly leafy, spicy edge, too. The palate has elegance with a focused, fine-grained tannin core that delivers fresh red-berry and purple-cherry flavor. Nice definition and very drinkable. Drink over the next five years. Screw cap. January, 2022
Read Review
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2021 Chardonnay – Mike Bennie, WBM Australia’s Wine Business Magazine
Ribbon Vale Wilyabrup Chardonnay 2021 scores 93 points from Mike Bennie in WBM – Australia’s Wine Business Magazine. “Quietly powerful and decidedly elegant Chardonnay, this one doesn’t shy away from depth and flavour, rich in stone fruit characters, a good squeeze of lime over that, some vanilla, a lick of…
Read Review
Moss Wood 2022 Semillon – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Straw in the glass with a pure nose of orchard florals, jasmine, poached pear, Granny Smith apple, white peach, custard apple, fingerlime, fresh fig, hazelnut praline and a gently smoky crushed gravel minerality. There’s a faint umami note in the background too.In the mouth it’s precise, juicy yet dry and…
Read Review
Moss Wood 2021 Chardonnay – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Medium gold with a beautifully fine and expressive nose of lemon/orange blossom, jasmine tea, honeysuckle, fingerlime, white pineapple, nashi pear, fresh stonefruit, spearmint, nougat, cashew praline and caramelised vanilla goodness. There’s a cool freshness to it.In the mouth it rolls over the palate with elegance, silkiness and a deliciously juicy…
Read Review
Moss Wood 2020 Pinot Noir – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Ruby with a pink/purple hue and a pretty nose with sweet red fruits, red cherry, rhubarb, raspberries n cream gums, sugar plum, zesty citrus, white pepper, gentle underbrush, marshmallow root and toasted vanilla oak. It’s very charming and fine.In the mouth it bursts with intensity of flavour and crunches with…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2022 Semillon – Ray Jordan, Business News
You hear quite a lot about Moss Wood’s great cabernets and chardonnay, and as a result this little guy can slip under the radar. But it remains one of my favourite wines in the Moss Wood portfolio. And it shows how good semillon can be in Margs. This has got…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Pinot Noir – Ray Jordan, Business News
The small, intense vintage of 2020 has suited this variety from Moss Wood. Marvellous opening on the nose with a mix of cherry and rhubarb flicked with a little spice and underpinned by deeper meaty characters. The palate retains that linear chalky acidity but wrapped around the spine is the…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2021 Chardonnay – Ray Jordan, Business News
Everything about this wine points to it being one of the best chardonnays yet from Moss Wood. Opens with a creamy, nutty and slightly savoury aroma. It’s a nose that continues to reveal more each time you get into it. The palate is the real feature, however. It has the…
Read Review
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2019 Merlot – WAGFG Wine of the Year Award 2022
Dark choc, smooth and berried, lush and soft. Mellow and flowing style with some grippy malt elements. Well balanced, cool and fresh style with good energy. Mellow. An excellent expression that made the top 50 and close for the top 25. September 2022
Read Review
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2021 Elsa – WAGFG Wine of the Year Award 2022
Nutty, resinous, round and full on style. Lavish nougat and curry leaf woody spice characters, ripe citrus and apple underlying. Intense flavours, a bit creamy then pulls up quite quickly on chewy wood and zingy acidity. Feels not quite in control at present. Cellar now – will be better for…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2021 Elsa – Mike Bennie, WBM Australia’s Wine Business Magazine
An outstanding new release that celebrates Margaret River’s best assets. Fine boned, fresh, tightly wound and yet showing nuance of its wood seasoning, savoury elements underlying and coursing acidity, this is an ambitious release that nails its mark with its complexity and sense of seriousness. Cellar-worthy too. October 2022
Read Review
Moss Wood 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
A bit toasty and charred, some mint, dark berry fruit, chalky tannin, feels kind of rugged and slightly warm, acidity solid but not so settled. Good wine, perhaps not a great one. June 2020
Read Review
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2019 Elsa – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Gooseberry, quince, blackcurrant buds, ginger and cinnamon, mint, a bit of smokiness too. It’s mid-weight, glossy but saline and flinty, lemon zest and a whole lot of exotic spice, toasty oak and pink grapefruit, smooth and fleshy on a long nutty and clove spiced finish. Complex, worked, but very good…
Read Review
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2017 Merlot – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Savoury style featuring black olive, seaweed and cedar in with mixed berries and liquorice. Medium-bodied, brine and plum, some grainy earthy tannin, some tang and orange peel, and a decent finish. Feels like it will be better with a few more years on it. March 2021
Read Review
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Ripe strawberry and redcurrant, mint, rose oil and cedar oak. Medium-bodied, quite sappy and tangy, but has energy in that way, some leather/olive savoury stuff, and a woody flavour on a finish of solid length. Feels like a wine that wants to soften and turn into a ‘claret’ style of…
Read Review
Moss Wood 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Red and black berries, violets, dried mint, but also a fair amount of savoury stuff, such as leather, resin and toasty wood, almost a liquorice sort of richness too. Full-bodied, dense and chewy, fresh acidity, saline and seaweed characters, feels a bit gummy with it, and the finish is packed…
Read Review
Moss Wood 2020 Chardonnay – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Rich style, grilled peach, honey and butter, cashews and cedar oak, a suggestion of aniseed? It’s glossy and viscous, but has a firm bite of lime acidity and flavour, toast and butter, a fine chalk dust texture, and a powerful savoury oatmeal finish. It’s certainly opulent in style, but keeps…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2021 Semillon – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Green apple, ripe lemon and pear, floral too, maybe some citrus leaf and hay. It’s intense, packed with flavour, lemon sherbet and lime, something a little riper like nectarine, juicy acidity, fine dusty texture, and a slightly warm, but concentrated finish of excellent length. Like this. Should age very nicely…
Read Review