Wine Reviews
Moss Wood 2009 Semillon – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate Robert Parker
This Semillon has a sharp, well-defined nose with green lemon, sherbet, Kaffir lime and fine mineralité. The palate is well balanced with fresh green lime, dried pineapple, nectarine and a hint of ginger. Good length. Just lovely. Tasted November 2009. 90-92
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2009 Chardonnay – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate Robert Parker
A clean fresh bouquet with lifted citrus fruit: pineapple, cooking apple, almond and Conference pear. Fine tension on the palate with subtle tropical fruit inflected with hints of hazelnut, leading to an incisive finish with a hint of pear drop on the aftertaste. Great potential. Tasted November 2009. 91-93
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2008 Chardonnay – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate Robert Parker
The ’08 Chardonnay has an attractive, quite nutty bouquet with cashew and litchi inflecting the crisp citrus aromatic profile. Very fine definition, with a puff of chalk dust discernible in the background. The palate is well balanced with nectarine, dried apricot, lime and passion fruit, a slight bitterness on the…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2009 Amy’s – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate Robert Parker
This wine had just been racked from barrel and exuded brambly black fruits on the notes, raspberry and just a faint hint of espresso. Nice weight on the palate with powdery tannins, expressive and taut on the finish. Fine. Tasted November 2009. 88-90
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2008 Amy’s – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate Robert Parker
The ’08 Amy’s Blend is 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Malbec, 11% Petit Verdot and 7% Merlot. It has a fleshy, mulberry and boysenberry scented bouquet with just a hint of toffee. Lively and supple on the palate, though quite linear in its infancy, firm tannins coming through more towards the…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2009 Cabernet Merlot – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate Robert Parker
A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, this is relatively closed on the nose, but unfurls nicely in the glass with blackberry, plum and a touch of bay leaf. The palate has a talcum texture, supple blackberry laced with espresso, leading to a tannic, slightly…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2008 Cabernet Merlot – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate Robert Parker
Here the Merlot constitutes 40% of the blend. It has a slightly more opulent black cherry and bilberry scented nose with just a touch of chestnut. Compared to others wines, it leans more towards the New World/Antipodean style of Bordeaux blend, although it retains fine balance on the digestif finish.…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2007 Cabernet Merlot – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate Robert Parker
This has a savoury bouquet, perhaps the Cabernet Franc occupying the driving seat, whilst the medium-bodied palate displays impressive weight and concentration matched with vibrant acidity, hints of dark chocolate and cedar towards the tannic finish that still shows great clarity. Very fine, nice combination of Old and New World.…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate Robert Parker
The ’08 Cabernet Sauvignon sports a broody blackberry, slightly “dusky” nose with a touch of strawberry wine gums developing in the glass. The palate has a dense structure, cedar and liquorice infusing the black fruits that lighten up towards the linear finish that will need time to coalesce in bottle.…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate Robert Parker
This is an outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon from Moss Wood. It is a very complex, multi-faceted nose with blackberry, a touch of cassis, cold tea and cedar. The palate is medium-bodied and beautifully balanced with supple blackberry, bilberry, cedar and espresso, with a slight maltiness coming through on the finish. Real…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 1979 Cabernet Sauvignon – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate Robert Parker
Tasted blind at Must restaurant in Margaret River. Wow, what a wine…despite just a touch of TCA on the nose. But that taint cannot disguise a wonderful bouquet of blackberry, earth, sandalwood, cedar and cigar box. The palate does not seem affected at all: wonderful delineation with a ripe entry,…
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Moss Wood 2015 Pinot Noir – Fergal Gleeson, The Great Wine Blog
You don’t have to taste top Pinot Noir you can smell it. The 2015 is intoxicating. It has a nice depth of strawberry fruit flavour, acid and tannin with a savoury finish. Nothing sinewy or leafy about this Pinot, it is very much in the Moss Wood style, which is…
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Moss Wood 2016 Chardonnay – Fergal Gleeson, The Great Wine Blog
A soft and creamy entry leads to a wine that has flavours of melon, yellow peach, carmel, honey and oak. Has lime, lemon and lemongrass to keep it crisp and fresh. Tannin and texture are also important in a wine that is at the start of a long journey. Might…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon – Food & Wine, Ray Isle
There’s more to Australian wine than cheap and cheerful Shiraz—Cabernet Sauvignon from the far western Margaret River area being a case in point. Indulge in a bottle of the graceful, red-fruited 2014 Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon to get a sense of Australia’s surprising range.
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon – Jane Faulkner – James Halliday, The Wine Companion
Tropical fruit foremost, backed by tangy lemony acidity on the long, well balanced palate, no overt oak.
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2014 Merlot – Jane Faulkner – James Halliday, The Wine Companion
Don’t rush this: it needs a few more years to come around. It’s sturdily built for ageing although the fragrance entices now, brimming with red and black currants, black olives and rosemary. The palate is dominated by oak and significant tannins hence leaving it for the time being. The 11%…
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Moss Wood 2015 Chardonnay – Jane Faulkner – James Halliday, The Wine Companion
A lot of flavour gets stitched into Moss Wood’s chardonnay, with the new oak adding to the nose and palate as does the complex creamy leesy notes. No shortage of acidity, which is the main driver that keeps this from being just too big. It stays moreish and savoury.
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Moss Wood 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon – Jane Faulkner – James Halliday, The Wine Companion
Moss Wood’s flagship wine is a structured beauty with nothing out of place. The gloss of the colour, the florals, blackberries and mulberries infused with black olives, dried herbs and eucalypt; the French oak and the fine-grained tannins seal the deal. Very even and will reward the patient.
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Moss Wood 2016 Semillon – Jane Faulkner – James Halliday, The Wine Companion
It’s young, vibrant and the long, pure acid line will ensure this keeps going for quite sometime. It’s intensely flavoured with whirls of citrus, lemon grass, Meyer lemon and zest with dried herbs and camomile. Complex and really spunky.
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2014 cabernet sauvignon – Ray Jordan, The West Australian
Margaret River is now one of the world’s premier regions is in large part down to these early innovators, who forged ahead often in the face of considerable scepticism. Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2014 cabernet sauvignon A firm and assertive cabernet. Blackcurrant, with black-olive edginess on the nose. The palate…
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