Wine Reviews
Moss Wood Wood 2019 Chardonnay – John Lewis, Newcastle Herald
Chardonnay charm The Moss Wood 2019 Wilyabrup Chardonnay is green-tinted straw and has apricot and honeycomb scents and lovely golden peach front-palate flavour. Mango, nashi pear, marzipan and cashew oak show on the middle palate and flinty acid at the finish. Published Jan 2021
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Deeply-scented wine with aromas of cassis, dried fruits and subtle floral flavours. Dense, rich wine with an appealing, sumptuous texture and flavours that suggest Christmas cake, liquorice, cedar, violet and wood-smoke. An intense, powerful and long-lived red. Published Dec 2020
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
Such a beautifully balanced cabernet. The key to this vineyard has always been tannin management. This is spot on. Sure, there are tannins, but you want that with cabernet. There’s a minerally slightly ironstone character threading through it. Leafy blackcurrant and slightly back olive nuances. Dry savoury finish with a…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Merlot – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
A vintage that produced some spellbinding wines and this is right up there with some of the best. This is high class merlot displaying power and poise. The structure and combination of oak fruit and tannin is excellent. Leafy merlot with a trace of black fruits and dark plum. The…
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Moss Wood 2020 Semillon – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
Always good to very good. In this year of intense ripe fruit, it is outstanding and a great example of what can be done with this variety as a standalone varietal. lemony citrus tang with a crisp acidity. The power of the palate is extraordinary yet it delivers with such…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2019 Chardonnay – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Mid to light-yellow colour, with creamy buttery aromas, some honey starting to apear, the palate generous and almost opulent – as the bouquet leads us to expect. Rich, full-bodied, layered with flavour. A traditional Burgundy-style chardonnay with lots of everything. Finishes with some alcohol warmth. Complex, multi-dimensioned and very generous.…
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Moss Wood 2018 Pinot Noir – Andrew Corrigan, andrewcorrigan.com
Intense fragrant berry aromas with a savoury dark herbal edge (from the whole bunch and stalks component) followed by a juicy fleshy palate shape. A lovely Pinot Noir from an area better known for other varieties. Published Jan 2021
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Semillon – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Pale straw with a yellow reflection and an intensely aromatic and tropical leaning nose of musky florals, frangipani, lime, passionfruit, banana gums, papaya, pineapple, Piel de Sapo melon, lemon zest and icing sugar. Deeper notes of apricot nectar and some gentle stalkiness gives depth. Super ripe and powerful. Rich, full…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Semillon – Ralph Kyte-Powell, The Real Review
Distinctly different to the famous Hunter Valley version of semillon, this is rich and full, maybe a little too much so for some. Although unoaked, its weight and texture suggest extra dimensions over simple fruit. Citrus, nectarine and pear with a touch of almond brittle open on the nose, and…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Semillon – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Rich, concentrated semillon, with delicately succulent tropical fruit and ripe tree fruit flavours that are tempered with lime-citrus flavours. Layers of deliciousness kept under control with tangy, mouth-watering acidity. An appealing wine. Published Dec 2020
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Semillon – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot
Moss Wood has developed a reputation for its unique semillons with the bright crisp acidity of the Hunter Valley matched up with a more textural palate. They are beautifully food friendly wines that can also age well. The 2020 has created a richer and more forward wine than usual that…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Semillon – Casey Bryan, travellingcorkscrew
Hands up if you’re a Semillon lover? I love versatile grapes which can produce a range of sweet, dry, still and sparkling wines and that’s exactly what the golden-skinned Semillon grape can do. This here is the perfect example of a dry still wine made from 100% Semillon grown in…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Semillon – Winsor Dobbin, Gourmet on the Road
Moss Wood have been making wines in Margaret River since the industry began in the region – planting their first vines in Wilyabrup in 1969. This has a real wow! factor about it, with incredible depth of flavour. While many in the region blend semillon with sauvignon blanc, this is…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2019 Elsa – Erin Larkin, Halliday Wine Companion
90% sauvignon blanc, 10% semillon. Hand picked and sorted, each variety vinified separately. 10 months in French barrels (5% new). Wow. Ok, so a new breed of barrel-aged sauvignon blanc is here. Intense and rich, rounded, complex and viscous in texture. The tannins (yes, tannins – despite only an hour…
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Moss Wood 2018 Amy’s – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Cabernet Sauvignon 76%, Merlot 8%, Malbec 8%, Petit Verdot 8% from the Glenmore Vineyard. Red and black berries, chocolate and spice, some dried flowers and mint, and not much in the way of oak influence here. It’s plush and a subtle red jelly flavour (in a good way), dried rose…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2018 Pinot Noir – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot
You don’t get a hell of a lot of pinot noir in Margaret River. So you’ve got to hand it to the Moss Wood team as they persevere with what is a very unique style for Australian pinot. It’s not in the typical pretty and fruity style. It’s more savoury…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2019 Chardonnay – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot
The big mover at Moss Wood in recent years has been their chardonnay. In the last five years it is a wine that has edged closer and closer to the pinnacle of Margaret River in a power-packed style and the 2019 vintage is another impressive release. It is pale gold…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2019 Chardonnay – Casey Bryan, Travelling Cork Screw
2019 was a challenging vintage in Margaret River (WA). This was due to things like frost, super cold temperatures, birds eating the grapes and more rain than normal. As Moss Wood said, “The only thing we didn’t get was hail, so perhaps we should be thankful”. Despite the hurdles, this…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Merlot – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Jewel like deep crimson and a punchy, charred and savoury nose of zingy red berries, blackberry, cherry, plum, dried cranberry, dried olive, chocolate, fresh leather, sweet tobacco and cedar. Potpourri and rose decorates, along with mace, dried bay, mint and orange rind. Quite rustic. In the mouth it has an…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Merlot – Edward Agg, Wine Searcher
Moss Wood Merlot 2018, good vintage for Margaret River by all accounts and evidenced on this showing. Rich and concentrated red and black fruits on the nose, dark cherry and raspberry, tobacco-like spice and coffee notes too balance the fruit nicely. Medium+ on the palate, great weight and texture here,…
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