Wine Reviews
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Chardonnay – Aaron Brasher, The Real Review
Mid-straw, bright and inviting. Lifted aromas of grapefruit, white flowers, sweet spice, nougat and green melon. Complex, layered, mouth-filling rich and creamy. There’s a pure drive of white peach, citrus and nutty, complexing oak. Generous, long and quite delicious. Drink: 2023-2028 June, 2023
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Moss Wood 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Aaron Brasher, The Real Review
Deep garnet red in the glass, very youthful, inky and opaque. Lovely lifted aromas of cassis, bramble, dried herbs, pencil shavings and nutty oak, wonderfully complex and incredibly evocative. Powerful on the palate, lashings of blackcurrant, mulberry, blackberry and cedar. This is quintessential Margaret River cabernet, not too heavy or…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Chardonnay – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Taut, high-energy chardonnay with lemon curd, toasty French oak, sizzled butter, white peach and grapefruit marmalade supported by fresh acidity and fine peppery tannins. Aerate to get the best out of this closed and youthful wine. Drink: 2023-2030 May, 2023
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Elsa – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Serious sauvignon with white peach, nectarine, spicy French oak, oyster shell, and a hint of feijoa. Taut, invigorating wine with mouthwatering acidity that gives the wine energy and a lingering finish. Drink: 2023–2028 May, 2023
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Elegant red that is a benchmark for the variety with red rose petal, cassis, blackberry, cedar wood, cacao nib flavours and a backbone of spicy French oak that adds extra complexity. Accessible but it’s almost a shame to drink it before 2030. Drink: 2023-2040 May, 2023
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Moss Wood 2018 Chardonnay – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot.com
The Moss Wood property is ground zero for Cabernet Sauvignon in Margaret River being one of the first wineries to really get the local Cabernet right. Today it’s an all rounder, and particularly the Chardonnay has been starting to challenge the region’s best. It is always quite oaky and slightly…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Merlot – Augus Hughson, Wine Pilot.com
Moss Wood’s Ribbon Vale vineyard is planted close to the original estate in Wilyabrup although always creates more elegant wines thanks to its slightly higher and south facing vineyards, which is not a bad thing. This is classic merlot in many ways – good colour but not especially deep and…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot.com
Over the last five years Moss Wood’s Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon has been slowly but surely climbing the quality ladder, and it’s got some big shoes to fill at this famous estate. Ribbon Vale traditionally provides a more elegant and fragrant take on the Moss Wood style – pretty wines…
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Moss Wood 2020 Semillon – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot.com
There is a tendency to ignore any Semillon which does not hail from the Hunter Valley (and sadly, a tendency to ignore most of those as well), but the reality is that there are some very fine, though different, examples from a number of other regions, including Margaret River. Moss…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Merlot – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot.com
This is always one of the country’s better Merlots and this latest vintage is no exception. Opens with lovely soft fruitcake aromas, plum pudding notes, spices, cloves, leather – the aromatics are most impressive. Then supple, balanced and with good length too – delicious. A fine Merlot, which will drink…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot.com
This is a wine that shows good structure and plenty of complexity with some Cabernet austerity. Black olives and black fruits show admirable concentration with very fine tannins and some serious length rounding out the package. This needs time and while it could be drunk now it will be much…
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Moss Wood 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot.com
There was some debate around a decade ago that this iconic Margaret River winery had lost a little of its glitter and that the wines were not what they once were. I was not quite as onboard with that as some. In fairness, it is not easy to remain at…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2021 Chardonnay – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot.com
This is the first release of a Chardonnay under Moss Wood’s Ribbon Vale label and much was expected, given the quality of the MW Chardy. As a vintage, the MW team have compared 2021 to the 1989 harvest, for those with long memories. The Mugfords had made Chardonnays from this…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2021 Elsa – Jane Faulkner – James Halliday, The Wine Companion
A wine to be reckoned with as it stands firm in structure and flavour. Expect lemongrass, nettle, lime curd and woodsy spices via well-integrated oak. It’s all about style and stylish as a result. Supple, with some phenolic grip adding to its complexity and depth. Impressive. August, 2023
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 has a delicious pot pourri nose of red and black fruits. This is the eight consecutive Moss Wood Cabernet I’ve tasted and many features are consistent- depth of flavour, drink ability, medium bodied weight, quality tannins, a bright refreshing finish. Detail! However every release expresses…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Elsa – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Light straw colour; smoky toasty savoury bouquet which is more about barrel fermentation than varietal fruit. There’s a lot of spice and intense but delicate flavour, delivered in a refined package. A delicious and classy wine. 2023–2032 April, 2023
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
Tense, tight, elegant. Could do with a stint in the cellar, or a long decant. Very good drinking. Nose – Blackberry, redcurrant, and red plum. Leafy qualities, dry earth, and sweet tobacco with fine oak spice woven throughout. Plenty of vitality on display. Palate – Medium-full, juicy, tight. Bright dark…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ray Jordan, Business News
The latest Moss Wood cabernet has been released. And yet again it will it snuggly in the top echelon of new release Aussie cabernets. It is a great wine from this great Margaret River estate. But it also a wine with a difference from recent releases, although it is still…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Chardonnay – Ray Jordan, Business News
This is a decidedly fresh and fragrant chardonnay that provides quite a point of difference to the standard Moss Wood. It; made in exactly the same way yet the Ribbon Vale vineyard speaks its individuality. It’s flavoursome with light stone fruit and a more subtle creamy vanilla bean character. The…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Elsa – Ray Jordan, Business News
Sauvignon blanc that takes you into another zone. Full malolactic fermentation contributes to its rich generous creamy texture while the use of oak, with about 6% new, adds a defining lift through the palate. The nose offers all manner of things from melon, spices and pear with a varietal gooseberry…
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