Wine Reviews
Moss Wood 2014 Amy’s – John Lewis – The Newcastle Herald
From Clare and Keith Mugford’s much-admired Margaret River operation, this vibrant blend comprises cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot and malbec from the Glenmore vineyard at Yallingup. It is bright garnet, registers 14 per cent alcohol and has bramble jelly aromas …
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Moss Wood 2013 Chardonnay – James Halliday – The Wine Companion
Gleaming straw-green; this very complex, very intense, yet elegant chardonnay has the best of all possible worlds, and so will you: it drinks well now, and will in 5, 10 and who knows how many more years out. The magic is in its balance and the fruit purity – white…
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Moss Wood 2013 Amy’s – James Halliday – The Wine Companion
A brightly coloured blend of cabernet, merlot and malbec; it is deliciously juicy and light on its feet, with cassis fruit centre stage; while the oak and tannins are not obvious, they do play a role in providing subtle support for the fruit. Purchase
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Moss Wood Chardonnay, an “Oz Chardonnay to look out for” – Jancis Robinson
Australia has been producing a raft of truly world-class Chardonnay, very much in the savoury, steely, super-crisp style of refined white burgundy, but often with more apparent potential for future development than a typical white burgundy.
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Moss Wood 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon – The Best of the West – Jane Faulkner for Halliday Magazine October 2015
Classic Wilyabrup characters starting with mulberries and chocolate, redcurrants and cassis too, then wafts of spice; cedary oak is prominent but not dominating, with ripe densely packed tannins. A powerhouse.
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon – Andreas Larsson
Moss Wood 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon blind tasted by Andreas Larsson, world’s best sommelier 2007.
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Andreas Larsson Blind Tasting Moss Wood 2013 Chardonnay
Moss Wood 2013 Chardonnay, blind tasted by Andreas Larsson, world’s best sommelier 2007
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2013 Chardonnay – Bob Campbell – blog.bobcampbell.nz
Weighty, flavoursome Chardonnay with a rich and creamy texture. Citrus, white peach fruit flavours …
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2012 Cabernet Merlot – Bob Campbell
Classy red that’s driven by a strong Cabernet Sauvignon influence to give classic blackcurrant and cedar flavours …
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The Other Great White Wine – Will Lyons – The Wall Street Journal
Though there are fine examples from other regions, Australia is where Semillon really excels. In the Hunter, Eden and Barossa valleys and in the Margaret River region, the grapes produce bone-dry wines that are low in alcohol and have a wonderful savory, mineral character. Look out for wines from Keith…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2011 Cabernet Merlot – Peter Scudamore Smith – Delectable
This is very sophisticated for an Aussie Bordeaux blend … complex earth, forest, mushroom, tobacco and terroir amalgam …
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Moss Wood 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon – Will Lyons – The Wall Street Journal
Quite simply one of the best Australian Cabernet Sauvignons I have tasted. Replete with fruit and flower scents, it has a generous mouth feel with a strong, spicy, oaky flavor on the finish. Lovers of Australian wine will find this hard to resist. Read more
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon – Peter Bourne – Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine
This is Margaret River’s most age-worthy cabernet sauvignon. Full stop. A dense, bold interpretation of Margaret River cabernet sauvignon, which only reveals its true personality after eight or more years’ bottle age. Deep blueberry and cassis flavours interplay with sweet spices and the distinct regional seaweed/iodine-like character. A dense swathe…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ray Jordan – The Bottom Drawer
“A wine that needs absolutely no introduction. In my humble opinion this is going to rank with the top 3 or 4 Moss Wood’s ever made. I just love this wine, it captures everything that you expect in Moss Wood. It’s subtle, it’s soft, it’s got great fruit richness and…
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Moss Wood 2013 Amy’s – Ray Jordan top 100 reds 2015
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec. Opens with a leafy aromatic so typical of this region. There’s a little blackcurrant and subtle red fruit in there, with a trace of cedary oak. The palate is tightly held, with fine, sinewy tannins and supple medium to full bodied fruit. Balanced…
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Moss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Australian top 50 2014 – Nick Stock
A bright, fragrant and aloof style of cabernet sauvignon that has plenty of lively and vibrant fruit in the mix, behind cedary oak and a gentle layer of leaves and brick dust. The fruit is in the Wilyabrup spectrum of red berries and cassis. The palate has smooth, fabric-like tannins…
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Moss Wood 2014 Semillon – James Halliday – The Wine Companion #23
“A wine unto itself, intense, deep and long; the vines are deep-rooted and the grapes retain good acidity that provide both length and balance for the fruit expression of crushed lemon leaf, lemongrass and Meyer lemon.” 95 Points. 5 stars Read James Halliday’s review of Moss Wood 2014 Ribbon Vale…
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Moss Wood 2014 Ribbon Vale Sauvignon Blanc Semillon – James Halliday – The Wine Companion #23
“A powerful and complex blend, seemingly made without oak (and not needing it); there is a broader spectrum of flavours than those of the Semillon.” 94 Points. 5 stars
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon – 100 BEST AUSTRALIAN WINES 2015/2016 – Matthew Jukes
“The 2012 is an amazing standard for one of Australia’s more revered Cabernet Kings. Everything about this wine from tiny sub-region of Wilyabrup (the bull’s eye of Cabernet quality in MR) is restrained. The scent is pungent but not showy, the flavour is delivered soto vocce but resounding and the…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon – “Best of the Reds”, Newcastle Herald – John Lewis
Moss Wood owners Keith and Clare Mugford rate this among the best cab savs they have made and I agree. It and the Katnook Estate 2010 Odyssey have a vibrancy and structure that make them the two cabernet sauvignon stars of this tasting. The Moss Wood is bright magenta, beguiles…
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