Wine Reviews
Moss Wood 1992 Cabernet Sauvignon – Decanter
Fresh, young, colour, elegant, spicy and earthy nose. Great potential with an elegant balanced palate. Clever use of oak with a lovely cab finish. and Deep purple in colour with big aroma on the nose. Tannic in the mouth but packed with fruit. This is a very easy-drinking style of wine.
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Moss Wood 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon – Decanter
Substantial nose: deep fruit, dark chocolate elements – rich yet restrained. Good intensity, firm fruit, sumptuous. Ripe, textured tannins support.
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon – Winestate
Annual 2005 Winestate’s Best Wines of 2004, Western Australia Hot and spicy wine. Big, rich, jammy nose with medicinal hints. Very classy texture on the palate that is brimming over with ripe fruit and heaps of tannins.
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon – Winestate
Big, ripe fruit aromas with oodles of blackberry and mint characters. A full-blown style with lots of extracted fruit and wood flavours dovetailing into a long, persistent finish. September/October 2004
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Halliday, The Weekend Australian
Top 100 The Weekend Australian, 20-21 November 2004 There is no doubt the 2001 vintage in Margaret River was outstanding, as even the normal hard to please Keith Mugford is happy to admit. Spotlessly clean this is a gorgeous, silky wine flooded with redcurrant, cassis and blackcurrant fruit in a…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon – Tyson Stelzer, tysonstelzer.com
Brambles, black and red currants, leaf and coffee are the defining characters of a tight and refined bouquet. The palate opens out into similar fruits with herbaceous, leafy undertones, fine, firm tannins and tight acidity. The French Oak plays a supporting role behind the fruit. This is a tightly-wound, black-currant-fruited…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon – Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller Wine
100 Top New Release Wines – page 140 – December/January 2006 issue A much lighter, more elegant wine than the whopper ’01, this is a beautiful, subtle, cool-year cabernet full of raspberry, mint and cassis flavours – ripe, intense and complete. Good drinking now or in the next 15+ years.…
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Moss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Joe Czerwinski, Wine Enthusiast
Perhaps the best young wine I’ve tasted from Margaret River, this makes a compelling case for the region’s Cabernet. Pure cassis fruit is lifted and framed by hints of toasted cedar, making for soaring aromatics and flavors, but what sets this wine apart is the tender, silky texture married to…
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Moss Wood 2010 Amy’s – Josh Raynolds, Vinous
Vivid ruby. Intense scents of blackberry, cherry, licorice and minerals, with a spicy topnote. Sweet and densely packed, with pliant texture and enlivening minerality adding cut to the blueberry and bitter chocolate flavors. Seamless and penetrating on the persistent floral finish.
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Moss Wood 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon – Josh Raynolds, Vinous
Bright purple. Smoky, oak-spiced aromas of cherry, cassis, pipe tobacco and potpourri. Ripe and seamless in texture, offering palate-staining dark berry, bitter cherry and rose pastille flavors that show impressive clarity and power. Rich and suave. Fine-grained tannins give shape to the very long finish, with its lasting notes of…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2008 Cabernet Merlot – Josh Raynolds, Vinous
Glass-staining ruby. Aromas of cherry, raspberry preserves, minerals and pungent spices. Juicy, intense flavors of bitter cherry, vanilla and clove, with a suave floral pastille accent. An attractively restrained and focused blend, finishing with sweet, dusty tannins and very good length. Sep 2011
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon – Josh Raynolds, Vinous
Vivid ruby. Intensely perfumed nose offers a heady bouquet of spicy cherry and cassis, with exotic floral and mineral notes adding complexity. Pliant dark berry and candied cherry flavors possess excellent depth and show a measured sweetness. Finishes with superb lift and cut, leaving floral and spice notes behind. July…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon – Harvey Steinman, Wine Spectator
Polished, with a deft balance to the café au lait and currant flavors, coming together on the refined finish. This has depth and personality, and should develop even more with cellaring. Best from 2013 through 2020. 50 cases imported.
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon – Joe Czerwinski, Wine Enthusiast
The Moss Wood Cabernets are typically full-bodied and rather lush, and the 2008 is no exception. The tannins are fully ripe, giving the impression of great suppleness in the mouth, while the flavors blend plummy, fruity elements with meaty, savory ones. The finish is long and harmonious, suggesting ample longevity,…
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Moss Wood 2002 Amy’s – Ray Jordan,The West Australian
Chill Factor Fresh – 20 May 2004 Moss Wood Amy’s Vineyard cabernet sauvignon 2002 This is quite atypically Moss Wood compared with the traditional style from the Metricup vineyard. The fruit comes from the vineyard of Moss Wood production manager Ian Bell. There’s a nice mix of integrated fruit and…
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Moss Wood 2003 Semillon – Ray Jordan,The West Australian
Beautiful fragrant lemon scents merge with a faint smoky mineral background. Little traces of herbal character add to the complexity on the nose and palate.
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon – Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com
Cabernet Sauvignon. Underwent malolactic fermentation in stainless-steel tanks, then racked to barrels. Sterile filtered and bottled on 16 October, 2012. Savoury and a little dry and very slightly austere on the finish. Top-flight Oz claret that is nearly ready. (3 Oct 2013)
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon – Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Black cherry colour. Ripe, very dark fruit. Rich and spicy and powerful, still so young. Dense, compact with firm spicy tannins. Strong family likeness with the Pinot 2010 even though the varieties are of course completely different. Fine, tightly furled tannins and nowhere near ready for drinking (in Jan 2014).…
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Moss Wood 2016 Semillon – Ray Jordan, The West Australian
I just love this semillon. lt is so light and fragrant, yet with a driving inner intensity of lemony fruit. lt’s medium-bodied with a crunchy, sweet fruit character balanced by a fine, persistent acidity on the finish. Lip-smacking and beautiful texture at the same time. This is the result of…
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Moss Wood 2015 Amy’s – Jenifer Jagielski, Sunday Telegraph Sydney
Four-variety Margaret River combo spearheaded by the region’s premier red grape, cabernet sauvignon. Yet another first-rate winemaking performance from Keith Mugford, with fruit balance perfectly struck, leading to velvety blackberry and red currant flavours. Ready to enjoy now but shortterm cellaring will pay dividends.
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