Wine Reviews
Moss Wood 2012 Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot – “Tasting bench”, Drinks Trade magazine – Ray Jordan
This vineyard that has been part of the Moss Wood stable for some years now, is really starting to develop a level of consistency. Okay, good vintages help, but the tannin management has resulted in wines of a more classy expression of the region. Smooth and seamless while still packing…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2014 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon – Alan Hunter – Brisbane Courier Mail Weekend
From a….. Margaret River vineyard that delivers benchmark wines each vintage. Such a fresh rendition of this class white blend for the region – light in colour, floral, with lemon and sour apple. Length and concentration on palate, alongside purity and freshness – very satisfying. 94 points
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2012 Cabernet Merlot – Mike Bennie – WBM, National
Seamless, effortless flow to this wine, showing dark and brooding in fruit character, complex with licks of black olive and Provencale herb notes, all meshed to spicy, dusty oak. Perfume is reserved and attractive. The wine has length and class.
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2013 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon – Cameron Douglas – camerondouglasms.blogspot.com.au
A generous and forward bouquet of sweet and ripe Sauvignon Blanc then gently waxy Semillon – ripe, fresh and baked peaches, pear and apple aromas, medium complexity and quite inviting. On the palate – dry, crisp and firm with youthful acidity followed with the flavors of sweet apple and peach…
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Moss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Nick Stock
Moss Wood was at the bolder end of the scale. The 2011 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon (91 per cent cabernet sauvignon, 6 per cent petit verdot and 3 per cent cabernet franc) demonstrated the kind of finely suspended tannin that is usually only seen in Bordeaux wines. It was a…
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Moss Wood 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon – Campbell Mattinson – The Wine Front, April 2015
A fascinating Moss Wood cabernet sauvignon.
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Moss Wood 2013 Amy’s – John Saker – Timaru Herald, Timaru Canterbury – April 2015
This blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot and malbec rides in on a wave of herbal, gooseberry flavours. It offers varying shades of fruit, a tarry twist and a rounded texture.
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2013 Amy’s – Courier Mail, Brisbane – Mike Frost
A blend of cabernet sauvignon, malbec and merlot from Margaret River, this shows rich red and dark berry, mulberry and plum fruit on the nose and palate, with fine, firm tannins in the background. You could try it now with lamb or venison dishes but it has the structure to…
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Moss Wood 2014 Semillon – “Way out West wine a winner” – The Mercury, Hobart – GRAEME PHILLIPS
This is softer, fruitier and less austere than the classic young semillons from the Hunter Valley, less citrusy and more a soft, rounded mouthful of ripe tropical fruits beautifully balanced around a refreshing acid core. While it is a lovely drop now, the tasting notes state it “will reach its…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2014 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon – “Way out West wine a winner” – The Mercury, Hobart – GRAEME PHILLIPS
Blends of sauvignon blanc and semillon — or the reverse — are a style that Margaret River producers have made their own. They are among the most refreshing drops around and this one is up there with the best — mouthwatering lemon sherbet freshness and lovely texture.
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Moss Wood 2013 Chardonnay – “Way out West wine a winner” – The Mercury, Hobart – GRAEME PHILLIPS
This is an exercise in elegance and refinement with nutty, oatmealy and toffee characters underpinning the stone fruit and citrus flavours of the silky, beautifully balanced and longfinishing palate. One for the cellar or to enjoy now.
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2012 Merlot – Newcastle Herald – John Lewis
Here’s a quality merlot that shines bright garnet in the glass, has bouquet garni scents and zings onto the front palate with juicy mulberry flavour. The middle palate introduces bramble jelly, liquorice and Turkish delight fruit characters integrated with savoury oak. Dusty tannins come through at the finish. It’s in…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Halliday, The Wine Companion 2015
“THE 2011 VINTAGE AT MOSS WOOD WAS EXTREMELY GOOD.” “Moss Wood at its best, everything in its right place, perfectly balanced, and speaking of the vineyard, the vintage, the variety and the winemaker with equal conviction. Full purple-crimson; supple blackcurrant fruit is cosseted by superfine, but persistent, tannins and high…
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Moss Wood 2013 Chardonnay – John Lewis – Newcastle Herald 04/02/15
Clare and Keith Mugford’s Moss Wood Chardonnays are invariably excellent and that’s so here. The wine is brassy gold, has tropical fruit salad scents with vanilla bean underlays and serves up profound golden peach flavour on the front of the palate. Mango, melon and citrus fruit characters meld with cashew…
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“Chardonnay – The Chameleon of Grapes” – Moss Wood 2011 Chardonnay – Stephen Lau – Ming Pao News
Moss Wood is one of the first wineries in Margaret River. Keith and Clare Mugford owns the winery. The writer met Keith and Clare Mugford a few months ago in a wine tasting event and was impressed by theit enthusiastic and wholehearted involvement in running the winery. Moss Wood Cabernet…
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RUNNING its course – The Drinks Business – January 2015
Superb article about Margaret River wine region and Moss Wood in The Drinks Business magazine, January 2015 edition. Here is an extract. Click on this link to read the entire article: Read the article “It may only be a few decades since Australia’s Margaret River was first planted, butas Stephen Brook writes,…
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Moss Wood in John Lewis’ best wines of 2014 – Newcastle Herald
On Newcastle Herald’s website, John Lewis lists his best wines of 2014. Moss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon and Moss Wood 2010 Pinot Noir are respectively mentionned under the best Cabernet Sauvignon of the Year and the best Pinot Noir of the Year. To read more about the wines: Moss…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – David Prestipino, WA Today
Best 20 wines of 2014 I’ve been extremely lucky to try a lot of great wines this year, so when the boss asked for a list of my top 20 from 2014, it was enough to drive one to, err, drink. But alas, I consulted my little black book (endless…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Peter Scudamore Smith MW – Delectable
Very complete wine for Moss Wood, and one of Margaret River’s superior styles of cabernet; therefore one of the best in Australia; the “old guard” style which is commendable as more Margaret River makers take the “soft and juicy” road of wines eminently drinkable after a year; this has power…
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Moss Wood 2012 Amy’s – Matthew Jukes, UK Daily Mail
The Definitive Christmas Collection – Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve (killer copy)This is another wine which made the grade in my 100 Best Australian Wine list this year and it is impossible to understate just how important Moss Wood is in the global wine firmament. One of the greatest…
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