Wine Reviews
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Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Stuart Knox, The Real Review
A bright ruby red colour. Raspberry and crushed violet aromas lift from the glass. Fresh and juicy on the palate, there’s a joyous vibrancy to the wine that keeps you entertained on repeat visits. The tannins are almost playful in their fine-grained persistence, and a hint of freshening acidity as…
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Moss Wood 2020 Pinot Noir – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
A high energy pinot noir with assertive tannins balancing sweet fruit. I like the wine’s spiciness which adds extra complexity to dark cherry/berry characters. Ripe and moderately complex wine with cellaring potential. 2023–2030 January, 2023
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2020 Merlot – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
An appealing scent of ripe plum and red rose lead to cassis, cherry/berry flavours with a backbone of ripe tannins and refreshing acidity. It is a wine with energy and cellaring potential. A little edgy right now but that should correct in two to three years. January, 2023
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2020 Merlot – Stuart Knox, The Real Review
A dense ruby colour with rich plum compote, lavender, and chocolate aromas in the glass. Dark and weighty plum fruits fill the core whilst a curing meat and rosemary herbal tone adds to its character. Tannins are firm, controlling the weight of fruit whilst also accentuating a deep stony mineral…
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Moss Wood 2021 Chardonnay – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Rich, mouth-filling chardonnay with peach, butterscotch, oyster shell, sizzled butter and spicy oak flavours supported by just enough vibrant acidity to prevent any suggestion of cloying. January, 2023
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Moss Wood 2022 Semillon – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Weighty, mouth-filling yet vibrant wine with marzipan, lemon curd, lime zest and white wildflowers. High-energy semillon with a backbone of assertive acidity that is a perfect fit with the wine’s restrained fruit sweetness. January, 2023
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Stuart Knox, The Real Review
Deep and vibrant ruby red with a bouquet of cassis, tobacco, and pencil shavings. Medium bodied but with a sense of intensity to its black fruit that demands your attention. Hints of black spices and curing meat add to the attraction and firm tannins are well poised to carry the…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Delicious wine with cassis, black cherry/berry, anise, pepper, cacao powder, cigar box and spicy oak. Sumptuous wine that is a pleasure to taste and will, I suggest, get even better as it ages. It has a wonderful texture and impressive underlying power. January 2023
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Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Winsor Dobbin, Winsor’s Choice
This is not the most expensive wine in the excellent Moss Wood range, nor is it the highest profile, But it is certainly one of the best value: a medium-bodied Bordeaux blend from Margaret River with impeccable balance and dangerous drinkability. The blend is 68% cabernet sauvignon, 20% merlot, 7%…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon – Angus Hughson, Winepilot
Here we have a real claret style – a highly pure and elegant Cabernet blend with a smattering of other Bordeaux varieties. It opens with bright and appealing aromas of red and black currant fruits with dried herbs in support all well integrated with high quality oak. It’s then mid-weight…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2020 Merlot – Angus Hughson, Winepilot
The twin to the Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon, this is the Merlot dominant version with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc in support. This is initially a pretty and elegant style, the Cabernet Franc adding delicious subtlety. The wine bursts with vibrant red currant, graphite and pine needle aromas, stylish oak…
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Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Angus Hughson, Winepilot
This bright and aromatic Cabernet Sauvignon blend is beautifully approachable as it delivers an elegant expression of Margaret River. It opens with aromas of fruits of the forest and dried herbs with floral touches and a gravelly edge. Mid-weight and more reserved than the current releases of Ribbon Vale, a…
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Moss Wood 2022 Semillon – Gabrielle Poy, The Real Review
Deep lemon, heady notes of toasted almonds, lemon cheesecake, cut grass and white florals tempt the nose. While the nose hints towards richness there’s a simmering energy on the palate which brings balance to the wine. This wine appeals with its complexity and authority, most importantly though it’s delicious. December,…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2020 Merlot – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Merlot is frequently listed by Wine Critics as one of Australia’s greatest Merlots. It’s modelled on Premier Grand Cru St Emillion and Pomerol wines that are amongst the most coveted in the world. Pretty florals and dark berries on the. On the palate Moss Wood Ribbon…
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Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Amy’s 2021 delivers a lot of wine for the price. It’s a Cabernet led blend made in a drink now style. A full bodied wine with juicy, succulent fruit complimented by balancing freshness on the finish. There’s great depth to the fruit but also tar and leather to…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2019 Merlot – Ray Jordan, Best Merlot of the year 2023
This vineyard has been a program of steady improvement which has had an impact in lifting the quality of all varieties. But none more so than with merlot which is now established as WA’s best. November, 2022
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Moss Wood 2022 Semillon – Ray Jordan, Best Semillon of the year 2023
These are few straight varietal semillon made in WA these ways, which is disappointing. But when you taste a wine like this Moss Wood and the runner-up Myattsfield you have to ask why. Love it as a friendly approachable youngster or with bottle development November, 2022
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Moss Wood 2022 Semillon – Ray Jordan, WA Wine Award 2023
You hear quite a lot about Moss Wood’s great cabernets and chardonnay, and as a result this little guy can slip under the radar. But it remains one of my favourite wines in the Moss Wood portfolio. And it shows how good semillon can be in Margs. This has got…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ray Jordan, WA Wine Review 2023
One of the most refined and elegant of all the Ribbon Vale cabernets I can recall. Like the merlot it doesn’t have the opulent flesh of the ’18, but instead there is a wonderful velvety smooth palate of bright red fruits working with the deeper blackcurrant of the variety. It…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2019 Merlot – Ray Jordan, WA Wine Review 2023
Merlot in the last few years has become something special from this vineyard. This one doesn’t have the opulence of the plush 2018, but instead there is a deep earthy dark fruit complexity layered across the palate. Like most ’19s it has taken an extra year to knit together and…
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