Wine Reviews
Moss Wood 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon – Gary Walsh, Wine Front
Well they say the exception proves the rule and this is the best Cabernet I’ve tasted from the 2006 Margaret River vintage. There’s a bit of window dressing via some highly attractive chocolate and lead pencil oak but there’s a core of sweet red fruit too that has a classic and…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon – Jeremy Oliver, jeremyoliver.com
An elegant, fine, supple and slightly herbaceous cabernet blend of pleasing prettiness and charm. Its dusty, leafy bouquet of violets, mulberries and cassis, sweet cedar/vanilla oak reveals forest floor-like undertones, hints of tobacco and dried herbs. Supple and restrained, its loose-knit palate of vibrant dark berry fruit and sweet chocolate/vanilla…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon – Bob Campbell, bobcampbell.nz
An elegant rather than blockbuster red with aromatic floral and red berry characters. What it lacks in intensity it more than makes up in power and extraordinary flavour length. Finely-tuned red that achieves a perfect balance of delicate sweet fruit with gently drying tannins. Great potential 7/6/2010 The most expensive…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon – Joe Czerwinski, The Wine Enthusiast
This is Margaret River Cab at its best: silky and Claret-like but with the extra flesh of the New World. Pipe tobacco and cedar flow together seamlessly into a long, cool finish. Delicious now, and should age gracefully through 2020.
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon – Harvey Steinman, Wine Spectator
Supple, round and appealing for its spicy cherry and black tea flavors, which are balanced against refined tannins, finishing with persistence. Drink now through 2016. 2,600 cases made.
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
Some tobacco, cassis and cedar aromas and a hint of herbaceousness with lifting the palate perhaps, but suggesting a difficult cooler year. While this wine will age gracefully for the next five to eight years, the expression of secondary notes emerging suggests a shorter cellaring proposition than the top vintages.
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon – Huon Hooke, huonhooke.com
Medium red-purple, not dark. Red berries and dried herbs, some walnuts, clean and fresh. Fruit-driven, not oaky. Lighter-bodied and lean, lacking the usual Moss Wood richness. But it’s a lovely wine: fresh, ripe and elegant. From a cold year, but no green tannins. Stylish, balanced wine with a lot of…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Halliday, Wine Companion
The colour is the first and unequivocal pointer to the very difficult (rainy) vintage; however, ruthless selection of grapes ex the vineyard, and wine in the barrel, has resulted in a well-balanced early drinking style which retains the particular soft Moss Wood stamp.
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Moss Wood 2015 Chardonnay – Graeme Phillips, Hobart Mercury
A surprisingly oaky nose but with lots of dried figs and nutty, oatmeal, yeasty flavours and complexity, plus a touch of woody dryness coming in near the end of a tight, balanced, clean and long-finishing palate. Try it with the sweetness of crayfish sauteed in butter.
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Moss Wood 2014 Pinot Noir – Halina Young, Australian Chinese Times
Wine wrap Pinot prowess Moss Wood has built its reputation on producing benchmark Cabernets. Alongside these, it produces a range of wines which includes whites, red blends and Pinot Noir. Its Pinot Noir vines are the oldest in Margaret River and it shows. In the current release of Moss Wood…
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Moss Wood 2011 Pinot Noir – Fergal Gleeson, greatwineblog.com
Moss Wood Pinot Noir 2011 is a polished and highly drinkable wine. It tastes of red fruits and has the lightest of dusty tannins. It’s not showing many signs of it’s 6 years of age and still has years ahead of it if you wish. It will hold it’s own…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon – Ray Jordan, Sunday Times
The quality blend has a creamy stone fruit texture with a light lift of tropical fruit and citrus.
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon – Bob Campbell, bobcampbell.nz
Elegant, powerful cabernet sauvignon, with classical varietal flavours of cedar, cassis and a suggestion of green olive. A tight, linear wine with an impressively lingering finish. While it is easy to appreciate now the wine will clearly repay cellaring.
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Moss Wood 2016 Semillon – Bob Campbell, bobcampbell.nz
Tight, linear and clearly youthful semillon with green apple, mineral and lemon zest flavours plus a suggestion of wild flowers supported by steely acidity. The wine has an appealing texture and good palate weight. Clearly a long-distance runner – I’d love to try it in another decade.
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Moss Wood 2015 Amy’s – Bob Campbell, bobcampbell.nz
A blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot. An approachable wine with appealing sweet plum, berry and spice flavours. Fine tannins give a drying finish, but the wine is still very accessible.
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2014 Merlot – Bob Campbell, bobcampbell.nz
Quite an elegant and moderately complex merlot with new leather, bacon, earth, plum and red berry flavours together with a seasoning of spicy oak. Fine tannins give the wine a drying and rather lengthy finish. A serious red with cellaring potential.
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2015 Chardonnay – Bob Campbell, therealreview.com
Intense chardonnay with citrus, grapefruit, gun flint, toast and nutty oak flavours undershot with vibrant acidity. The wine is a little closed right now and will clearly benefit from bottle development although it can certainly be appreciated. A classy chardonnay.
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Moss Wood 2014 Amy’s – Jane MacQuitty, The Times
Magic Margaret River is the jewel in Western Australia’s crown, and its finest wines are elegant, bordeaux-aping cabernet sauvignons. So, go on, splash out on Amy’s fantastic 2014, with its seductive floral, plum, cassis and liquorice spice.
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2014 Merlot – John Lewis, Newcastle Herald
The Moss Wood 2014 Ribbon Vale Merlot is deep purple and has berry pastille aromas and plush mulberry front-palate flavour. The middle palate has plum, spearmint, cloves and savoury oak and chalky tannins show at the finish. Ribbon Vale is close to the original Moss Wood vineyard at Wilyabrup.
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Moss Wood 2014 Semillon – Julia Harding MW – jancisrobinson.com
Intense mix of lime and lanolin on the nose, then more herbal on the palate. Fine freshness and lovely depth of fruit, nutty finish, promising much greater complexity. Citrus dominates now. (JH) Drink 2017-2024 17+ points
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