Wine Reviews
Moss Wood 2012 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, The West Australian
Top 100 Australian Reds 2014/15 This is a blend of cabernet sauvignon petit verdot malbec and merlot. Beautifully leafy cabernet with a tight thread of oak and fine-grained tannin. Great length and poise. It has got a classic cabernet dominance in style and varietal expression, with the other varieties contributing…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2012 Amy’s – Matthew Jukes – 100 BEST AUSTRALIAN WINES 2014/15
Call the accountant and release the rainy day fund – this wine is mentally brilliant and the price is borderline absurd. I actually wrote the words ‘Clos du Marquis nose’ when I was scrawling an A4 page long, reaction to my first mouthful of this wine. Granted this is a…
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Moss Wood 2012 Chardonnay – Philip White, Indaily Adelaide Independant News
These blondes will leave you breathless | Whitey picks three extreme blondes in the wild south-west. 95+ points Oh Jeez. Spice first. A tiny pinch of fresh mace, the skin of the nutmeg. And some actual nutmeg. Old white pepper tin. Fruit? Lightly poached Passe-crassane pear and the peel of the…
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Moss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Huon Hooke, Sydney Morning Herald
WINE GUIDE FOR THE CELLAR One of this region’s premier producers, Moss Wood is on top form in 2011, with a rich, savoury, concentrated wine showing fleshy suppleness. Roasting-pan, black-olive and dark berry aromas. Lashings of smooth tannins; great potential. Now to 20 years. 13.5 per cent alcohol. 95/100 Food:…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2012 Amy’s – Matthew Jukes
100 BEST AUSTRALIAN WINES 2014/15 Call the accountant and release the rainy day fund – this wine is mentally brilliant and the price is borderline absurd. I actually wrote the words ‘Clos de Marquis nose’ in my notes when I was scrawling an A4 page long, reaction to my first…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Matthew Jukes
100 BEST AUSTRALIAN WINES 2014/15 I have given 2012 Moss Wood Amy’s its own listing this year because it is such an extraordinary wine. Above this is the one and only Grand Vin – Moss Wood. Once again, there is a nose bleed score attached to this wine. The granite…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Dr Ron Georgiou MW – The Wine Oracle
I was duly impressed with the wine. As always, impeccably put together, wonderful fruit weight and terrific balance and oak integration. It has all the elements of a classic wine with future ageing.
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Patrick Haddock – Wining Pom
Elegance over power in 2011 and all the better for it. This shows varietal and regional traits with equal aplomb. It oozes black currant and cocoa powder, some crushed olive and integrated, lacquered oak. It feels like a smooth Mercedes cruising down the autobahn leaving a lasting taste of black…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – John Saker – Cuisine Magazine NZ
I much enjoyed tasting all the wines. You ask about the 2011 Moss Wood Cabernet, and I can say it was one of my favourites (I gave it five stars along with the 2011 Ribbon Vale Cab Merlot, 2012 Amy’s and the 2013 Moss Wood Semillon. I loved the stretching…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Campbell Mattinson – The Wine Front
The word from Moss Wood is that “the 2011 vintage at Moss Wood was extremely good, potentially great.” The press information also states: “Stylistically, we tend to see 2011 as a slightly brighter, riper version of the 2010 vintage, in the same way that 1991 was compared to 1990. This…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Chris Shanahan – The Canberra Times, Wine of the Week
Moss Wood earned its wine of the week possie by a slim margin over Houghton Jack Mann Cabernet Sauvignon 2011, also reviewed today. These are great cabernets by any measure, both with proven cellaring potential and both, therefore, collectable as either special-occasion mementoes or simplyas fabulous wines to enjoy decades…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Cameron Douglas Master Sommelier, camerondouglasms.blogspot.co.nz
Lots of Berry fruits in the bouquet with blackberry leading the charge flanked by blueberry and blackcurrant, dark cherry makes a show; non-fruit aromas include sweet tobacco, bitter chocolate and a gentle herbaceous quality – it is all Cabernet, but with the added advantage of 3 years in bottle as…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Review by Huon Hooke – huonhooke.com (May 2014)
Deep red colour with a purple tint. Quiet bouquet with lots of savoury oak-derived scents, with a little black olive and roast meat overtone. It’s rich and fleshy, deep and full-bodied, with lashings of fleshy smooth tannins and high extract. This is a rich, savoury wine which has developed some…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – John Lewis – The Newcastle Herald
Unlike most other Australia winegrowing regions and like the Hunter Valley, Margaret River had a great 2011 red wine vintage. That shines through in this beguiling 13.5 per cent alcohol blend of 91 per cent cabernet sauvignon, 6 per cent petit verdot and 3 per cent cabernet franc. The wine…
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First Cab off the rank – Halina Young from Australian Chinese Times
The status of the Margaret River wine industry has been secured by its ongoing quest to build on the foundations of the early wineries in the region. Wineries that planted varieties that have taken the region to the international arena with its premium wines that glow with quality, history, and…
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Moss Wood 2011 Amy’s – Cameron Douglas – camerondouglasms.blogspot.com.au
Full, rich and complex bouquet – fruit and oak laden with black cherry, blackberry, wild red fruits, milk chocolate and very toasty oak and barrel aromas. The palate reflects the nose exactly with medium+ acidity and medium++ tannins, quite dry, but packed with fruit and bold flavors. Balanced, long finish…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2011 Cabernet Merlot – Cameron Douglas – camerondouglasms.blogspot.com.au
Quite the ‘classic’ bouquet of a Bordeaux blend with its New World twist – generous and masculine bouquet of fresh and poached black and red fruits with a strong reminder of oak – toasted wood, brown spices and baked vanilla; medium+ complexity and quite forward. On the palate – dry…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – Cameron Douglas – camerondouglasms.blogspot.com.au
Lots of ‘Berry’ fruits in the bouquet with blackberry leading the charge flanked by blueberry and blackcurrant, dark cherry makes a show; non-fruit aromas include sweet tobacco, bitter chocolate and a gentle herbaceous quality – it’s all Cabernet, but with the added advantage of 3 years in bottle as well…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2011 Merlot – Cameron Douglas – camerondouglasms.blogspot.com.au
A very attractive bouquet of dark red fruits centering on Doris plum then blackberry fruits – all wrapped up in a blanket of toasty oak – but not too much; medium complexity; there’s also a dense dark rose layer which adds complexity and a feminine charm; On the palate -…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2012 Chardonnay – Cameron Douglas – camerondouglasms.blogspot.com.au
Quite a powerful yet familiar bouquet of Chardonnay – attractive, round, rich and complex; with baked stone fruits, raw brown sugar, popcorn and butterscotch suggestions, plenty of oak vanillin as well. On the palate – dry with lots of nutty, creamyness and flavor – baked stone fruits again, spicy oak…
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