Moss Wood 2013 Amy’s
Wine Facts
| Harvested: | Cabernet Sauvignon 04/04/2013 Malbec 04/04/2013 Merlot 22/03/2013 |
| Bottled: | 08/10/2014 |
| Released: | 20/11/2014 |
| Baume: | Cabernet Sauvignon 13.5 Malbec 14.2 Merlot 13.8 |
| Alcohol: | 14.00% |
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Tasting Notes
Colour and condition:
Very deep brick red hue; bright condition.
Nose: Excellent combination of red and black fruits – red currants, mulberries, black berries and plums. Despite the presence of all this fruit there is a background of spice, leather and even musk.
Palate: Straight away there is a spread of mulberry and blueberry fruit flavour, long round and generous, so much so that the tannins sit quietly underneath, waiting for the aging process to reveal them. The vintage was such that we didn’t make very much of this wine but boy, it’s a gem. The best we’ve made, by some margin.
Moss Wood 2022 Amy’s – Tyson Stelzers, Top 250 Wines of 2024
A beautifully poised and consummately balanced Amys that captures the crunch of red- and blackcurrant fruit and supports it with nicely balanced, high-class, dark chocolate French oak. Bright acidity and fine-grained tannins are neatly resolved, carrying a long finish of undeviating line and length. Drink 2027-2034 October, 2024
Moss Wood 2023 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
This is a blend if cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot, malbec and merlot. In a good year like this one, it offers some of the best value classy red wine going around. This is as good as any in this line. Plush red fruit of tremendous intensity. A firm core of…
Moss Wood 2022 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, Liquor Barons Top 100 Reds
This is a stylish and most elegant blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. There are leafy perfumed notes on the nose, and the power of the Cabernet is supported beautifully by the other Bordeaux varieties. A seamless and refined wine. Cellar: 12 years. July, 2024
WA Wine Review 2024
Ray Jordan “Moss Wood is a family-owned wine company and a pioneer of the Margaret River region. Planted in 1969, Moss Wood is an important founding estate of Margaret River. Clare and Keith Mugford, as viticulturalists, winemakers and proprietors, have been tending the vineyard and making wine at Moss Wood…
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
If you’re looking at an entry point into the wonderful wines of Moss Wood then this classy wine is just perfect. It’s a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot. Firm dark fruit delivered with typical grace and style. Has a beautiful lift and vibrance which carries effortlessly…
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Ned Goodwin, jamessuckling.com
A looser knit equivalent of a second wine at this address. Lovely, savory drinking. Mid-weighted and beautifully scented, with crystalline redcurrant rolled in sage and green olives. A sappy, verdant edge, unravelling across the seams. Nothing intrusive, mind you. Drink or hold. June, 2023
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – James Halliday, The Weekend Australian Magazine
A 68/20/7/5 per cent blend of estate-grown cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot, its colour is bright, fresh crimson, the bouquet fragrant, and the palate is already complete and balanced. It is purpose-built for consumption over the next three or four years, but if for any reason it’s left…
A True Wine History – Reviews of Moss Wood 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon, Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Elsa, Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – James Halliday, The Weekend Australian Magazine
Margaret River: a true wine history Any account of the history of winemaking in Margaret River must acknowledge the true father of the region: Dr John Gladstones AM, a scientist of awesome intelligence. Much of his working life as an agronomist was devoted to lupins, a significant source of fodder…
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Red fruits, mulberry and cherry, hazelnut chocolate, mint nougat, and some biscuit spice. It’s supple and fleshy, quite the chocolate nuts flavour, juicy spiced poached strawberry, light grainy tannin, and a succulent and nutty finish of good length. There’s almost a sweet red apple flavour too. It’s at ease with…
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…
Production Notes
Harvest Dates:
Cabernet Sauvignon – 4th April, 2013
Malbec – 4th April, 2013
Merlot – 22nd March, 2013
Harvest Ripeness:
Cabernet Sauvignon – 13.5⁰ Baume
Malbec – 14.2⁰ Baume
Merlot – 13.8⁰ Baume
Each variety was destemmed and then pumped into closed stainless steel tank for fermentation. Extraction was pumping over, 3 times per day and skin contact was for an average time of 14 days. After pressing, each batch was allowed to settle on gross lees and was seeded for malolactic fermentation. Once this was completed, the wines were blended and then racked into wood in May 2013. All the barrels were 225 litres French oak, none of which was new.
After 16 months oak aging, in September 2014 all barrels were racked and blended in stainless steel and the wine was prepared for bottling. Fining trials were carried out and it was decided an egg white fining was beneficial in improving tannin balance.
Finally, the wine was sterile filtered and bottled on 8th October, 2014.
Cellaring Notes
For a company that makes two Cabernet Sauvignon wines for cellaring, it might make sense when we say that we prefer customers to see Amy’s as a wine for early drinking. We specifically make to have early appeal. However, the 2013 is a classic and will certainly improve with 10 to 15 years cellaring – if you can keep your hands off it.