Wine Reviews
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Chardonnay – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Ribbon Vale Chardonnay 2022 is a rich and complex wine. No skinny Chardonnay here or attempt to emulate saline Chablis. This is Wilyabrup, Margaret River. A full bodied white showing rich honey notes, peach, melon, nuts. 50% new oak adds to the layers. Despite the fruit power, it is balanced…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Elsa – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Many Australian winemakers have a vision for Sauvignon Blanc beyond making a $15 quaffer. Moss Wood are one of those! Ribbon Vale Elsa 2022 is an elegant and sophisticated white wine. It’s polished and balanced with flavours of lemon curd, honeysuckle and pear backed up with some richness because of…
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Moss Wood 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot.com
This 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon is an effortless vintage from Moss Wood, although slightly unusual with 7% Petit Verdot (higher than usual) and 3% Cabernet Franc (lower). It’s an old fashiooned claret style, reserved yet precise and focussed. It delivers blackcurrant, violets, red currant and old cedar aromas, French oak relaxed…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Andrew Caillard, Wine Pilot.com – The Vintage Journal
Medium deep crimson. Beautiful blackcurrant, wax polish, hint panforte aromas with vanilla notes. Classical Margert River Cabernet with fresh blackcurrant, panforte flavours, fine grainy/ cedary tannins, underlying roasted chestnut oak notes and linear fresh acidity. Finishes firm and tight with a fine plume of tannin. This has lovely weight and…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Chardonnay – Andrew Caillard, Wine Pilot.com – The Vintage Journal
Pale medium colour. Fresh grapefruit, marzipan hint nougat aromas with herb notes. Generous and creamy with ample grapefruit, tropical fruit flavours, crème brulée/ butterscotch marzipan notes and fine slinky textures. Al dente crisp finish. Delicious early drinking style with lovely mineral length. Drink now – 2027 April, 2023
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Elsa – Andrew Caillard, Wine Pilot.com – The Vintage Journal
Pale colour. Attractive lemon curd, lime, tonic water aromas with hints of grilled nuts. Refreshing palate with lovely lemon grass, lime, touch tropical fruit/ lychee notes, fine looseknit chalky textures and fresh indelible/ crunchy acidity. Vibrant and expressive. Ready to drink or keep for a while. April, 2023
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
… One of this country’s very best Cabs. Stellar stuff. This latest vintage will do nothing but enhance its reputation. The blend is 90% Cabernet, 3% Cab Franc and 7% Petit Verdot. Inky dark maroon. The nose immediately suggests that this is a wine of finesse and class. We have…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Chardonnay – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
This vineyard ripens two weeks after the Moss Wood vineyard, despite their proximity (one kilometre between them). Whole bunch pressing, fermentation first in stainless steel and then transferred to barrel – 228-litre French oak. For this vintage, this wine saw 50% new oak. This is a higher percentage than usual,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Elsa – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
A Savvy that is a million miles from the typical, simple, flavour bombs so prevalent these days. And all the better for it. Complexity and texture are the keys here. A gentle lemon hue. We have ripe tropical notes, which are quite exotic and exuberant. Dried apricots, figs, fresh peaches…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Chardonnay – Marc Malouf, Wines Worth Writing About
Gold with a touch of cyan and a nose of white pepper, lemon drops, green apple gums, banana ester, vanilla, dried ginger and peanut brittle. The oak is quite pronounced on this release. In the mouth it’s rich and juicy with dense flavours of apple, pear and peach, coloured by…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Elsa – Marc Malouf, Wines Worth Writing About
Straw with a touch of lime and a floral and highly aromatic nose of honeysuckle, gardenia and frangipani with guava, yellow pear, Piel de Sapo melon, snow peas, Chantilly, nougat, cashew and lime cordial. There’s a touch of salinity in the background too. In the mouth it’s rich, creamy and…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Elsa – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
There’s plenty about this wine. Quality release Nose – White peach, pear, guava, lychee, generous yet focused with a gooseberry citrus tightness, dried grassy qualities, and hints of toasted oak spice. Palate – Medium-bodied, rich, balanced. White stonefruit with a sweeter tropical core, peach, guava, and gooseberry crunchiness. Plenty of…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Ruby and purple with a slightly different nose to what I remember from the Moss Wood Cabernet’s of past vintages. There’s a fig leafiness in there, some musky florals, white pepper, baked blueberry and hints of olive that sit alongside blackberry, creme de cassis, fern, tobacco, cedar, tar and smoky…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2021 Elsa – Cameron Douglas, camdouglasms.com
Aromas of ripe almost sweet goosberry and lemon, there’s a distinctive mineral quality suggesting sand and salt, sea air and clay. A layer of wood spice and lees scents layer in complexity and breadth. On the palate – excellent with a coarse-silk texture then contrasting acidity and a core of…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2020 Merlot – Cameron Douglas, camdouglasms.com
A precise, measured and focused bouquet with scents of baking spices and roasted plums, some black berry fruits and wood smoke. Complex and youthful, enticing and new. Delicious and dry on the palate with flavours of anise and vanilla, plums and dark berry fruits and nut. Firm tannins and acidity…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Cameron Douglas, camdouglasms.com
A lovely bouquet with a complex mix of soft smoky wood and dark berries, crushed violets and sweet tobacco, sweet black olives and bell-peppers with baking spices and clay soil scents. Weighty, itense and dry on the palate, there’s lots of textures from tannins and acidity then contrasting flavours of…
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Moss Wood 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon – Cameron Douglas, camdouglasms.com
A distinctive and enticing bouquet of dark red berries and vanilla, baked plum and clove, gun flint and violet, dark rose and fresh tobacco. Complex and youthful, vibrant and fruity. Lovely weight and mouthfeel with a core of dark red fruit flavours then almost immediately a tautness from tannins, acidity…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2019 Merlot – Cameron Douglas, camdouglasms.com
Smoky, toasty, dark fruited and inviting with aromas of ripe dark plums and blue fruits, baking spice and clove spices from barrel. Dry, youthful, balanced, fruity and fresh on the palate. Frim tannins and acid line contrast a core of fruit and flavours that mirror the bouquet. Balanced, refreshing, salivating…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon – Cameron Douglas, camdouglasms.com
Ripe, fruity, varietal and nicely complex bouquet without being overdone. Aromas of black berries and dark plums, violets and dried herb, some tobacco and bell-pepper layers then scents of fresh new wood and mild toasty spices. Equally complex and delicious on the palate with flavours of violets and red berries…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Chardonnay – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Pretty rich and slick style here. Pineapple, peach, aniseed, toasted cashew, white chocolate and vanilla. It’s creamy and viscous, but has some lively limey acidity and flavour, powdery texture, cashew and apricot on a gently spicy finish of good length. It’s quite a lot of wine, but very pleasing in…
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