Wine Reviews
Moss Wood 2024 Pinot Noir – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Strawberries and cream, raspberry and cherry, are some of the fruit notes. Well behaved tannins add texture in a medium bodied wine with a bright lifted finish. Moss Wood’s dry grown Pinot vines are over 50 years old and that pedigree contributes to the intensity and depth in the…
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Moss Wood 2025 Amy’s – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Amy’s 2025 is an accomplished and charming Cabernet blend. There’s a lovely dollop of red, black and blue fruit on the front palate, followed quickly by freshness and a touch of leather / cigar to finish. Drinks very well right now on release with fruit appeal but this also…
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Moss Wood 2026 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Amy’s 2026 Cuvée Blanc is a full-bodied white wine with peach, nectarine and nettle flavours. It’s Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc in a 80:20 blend. It stands out from other SSB’s in it’s palate weight and texture. This is because of a riper pick, malo fermentation and some…
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Moss Wood 2025 Chardonnay – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood have some of the oldest plantings of Chardonnay in Margaret River (along with Leeuwin Estate). The Moss Wood Chardonnay 2025 follows the classic house style of rich Chardonnays. It’s full bodied and concentrated with peach, nectarine, lime and cashew flavours. While many Australian winemakers are tilting to…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2026 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
This is the second release of this wine, which was introduced when Moss Wood decided to move its semillon into a cellar release with five years of age. It’s Moss Wood semillon and Ribbon Vale sauvignon blanc, with a little barrel fermentation and maturation. This is an SSB with class.…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
One of the most popular of all the Moss Wood wines. It comes from the Glenmore vineyard a little further north and is a cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot blend. Every year it hits the mark with its delivery of beautiful, rich fruit character. Blackcurrant and dark chocolate…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2024 Merlot – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
Another cracking good merlot from a vineyard that consistently produces some of the very best examples of this variety from anywhere in the country. Perhaps a more powerful and deeply intense version of the great 2023, but still with that elegant refinement and purity of fruit expression. Floral, perfumed notes…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2024 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ray Jordan
A wine that simply oozes cabernet. So much work has gone into this vineyard over the years and it is now reaping the rewards. Bright, leafy red berry notes on the nose, with a palate that is seamlessly medium-bodied yet with a succulent core of concentrated dark fruits. It’s brilliant…
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Moss Wood 2024 Pinot Noir – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
The first Moss Wood wine I ever tasted was a pinot back in 1981, so I have always had a soft spot for it. This fits snugly into the Moss Wood style, with plenty of generous, bright red fruit character on the nose and then delivered with a burst on…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Chardonnay – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
A most elegant and, at the same time, powerful chardonnay from a vintage which produced – well – elegance and power. Aromas of savoury lemon nuances with subtle butterscotch and marzipan character. The palate is texturally pleasing, with a deep and concentrated core that drives with urgency through to a…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 8% Malbec and 3% Petit Verdot. After the pretty robust 2024, we are back into a more ‘classic’ vintage with 2025. Blue and black fruit, raspberry jubes, roses and chocolate box, black olive and nori, light cedar oak and spice. It’s medium-bodied, quite supple in…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Chardonnay – Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
A very convincing, fuller flavoured and yet controlled chardonnay of rich qualities and yet refreshing undertow. Quite a bit of nougat, vanilla wafer on red apple, nectarine, ginger biscuit and a sense of alpine herbs. It’s a big swish of flavour and texture, palate staining in a sense. Balanced and…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Chardonnay – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
“Our first Chardonnay was made in 1980 and, after the difficult seasons of 1981 and 1982, it has been produced every year since 1983 from those original vines. The 2025 is our 44th overall release and 43rd consecutive vintage, continuing a story that will soon span half a century.” This…
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Moss Wood 2025 Autrement Pinot Noir – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
Pretty, assured, and confident on the nose, showing red cherry, juicy wild strawberry, hints of burnt orange, liquorice, and toasty oak. Medium-bodied, finely structured, and elegant on the palate. Red and black berries, Negroni-esque bitterness, subtle rounding oak spice, fine tannins. Deliciously balanced. Lovely stuff. 94/100ptsDrink – 2026-2035 …
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Pinot Noir – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
Bright ruby, with beautiful aromas of strawberry, raspberry, and rose, backed by earthy black tea, and baking spices. Medium-bodied and youthfully zesty on the palate. Strawberries, red cherry, ripe cranberries. The tension and focus are excellent in this release. Subtle spice notes beautifully complimenting the energy of the red berry…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2026 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Winsor Dobbin, Wine of the Week
This is one of the simpler wines in the impressive Moss Wood range, but with spring upon us it is a very good choice for enjoying al fresco. This new vintage release is a blend of semillon and sauvignon blanc, two grape varieties that thrive in Margaret River. There is…
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Moss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Cassandra Charlick, Decanter
An early-morning brightness of purple fruit, mulberry, plum, salted cassis and hints of aniseed, crushed minerality, quartz and graphite. It’s very inviting, with inky black olive brine and nori. The palate is packed with concentration, complexity, succulence, spice and power. Cassis and almost tar-like notes, acidity with jewel-like clarity singing…
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Moss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Campbell Mattinson
This is luscious and lovely and loaded with pure, concentrated blackcurrant flavour and yet, crucially, it’s also balanced, fresh, lengthy and ultimately elegant. It’s everything that a great Margaret River cabernet should be. It adds complementary tobacco notes to the swoosh of fruit; there are whispers of bay leaf; creamy…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2025 Elsa – Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
A flash of bubble-gum to the aromatics and a raw cedar character to the palate, which lets you know for certain that it was oak-matured or at least partially so. It’s a dry, thistle-and-burr style with gravel, woodsmoke, lemon peel and waxy/lanolin characters teaming throughout. Length is excellent, and brings…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2025 Chardonnay – Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
Serious chardonnay. Refined and taut but, at the same time, there’s no mucking around here. Peaches grilled, lemon curd, pears, toast, brine, steel and roasted-and-salted cashews. There’s no flint, no flare, no room for more. This is Margaret River chardonnay served bold, neat and immaculate. Drink: 2027 – 2032+ August,…
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Moss Wood 2024 Pinot Noir – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Strawberries and cream, raspberry and cherry, are some of the fruit notes. Well behaved tannins add texture in a medium bodied wine with a bright lifted finish. Moss Wood’s dry grown Pinot vines are over 50 years old and that pedigree contributes to the intensity and depth in the…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Amy’s 2025 is an accomplished and charming Cabernet blend. There’s a lovely dollop of red, black and blue fruit on the front palate, followed quickly by freshness and a touch of leather / cigar to finish. Drinks very well right now on release with fruit appeal but this also…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2026 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Amy’s 2026 Cuvée Blanc is a full-bodied white wine with peach, nectarine and nettle flavours. It’s Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc in a 80:20 blend. It stands out from other SSB’s in it’s palate weight and texture. This is because of a riper pick, malo fermentation and some…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Chardonnay – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood have some of the oldest plantings of Chardonnay in Margaret River (along with Leeuwin Estate). The Moss Wood Chardonnay 2025 follows the classic house style of rich Chardonnays. It’s full bodied and concentrated with peach, nectarine, lime and cashew flavours. While many Australian winemakers are tilting to…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2026 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
This is the second release of this wine, which was introduced when Moss Wood decided to move its semillon into a cellar release with five years of age. It’s Moss Wood semillon and Ribbon Vale sauvignon blanc, with a little barrel fermentation and maturation. This is an SSB with class.…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
One of the most popular of all the Moss Wood wines. It comes from the Glenmore vineyard a little further north and is a cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot blend. Every year it hits the mark with its delivery of beautiful, rich fruit character. Blackcurrant and dark chocolate…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2024 Merlot – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
Another cracking good merlot from a vineyard that consistently produces some of the very best examples of this variety from anywhere in the country. Perhaps a more powerful and deeply intense version of the great 2023, but still with that elegant refinement and purity of fruit expression. Floral, perfumed notes…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2024 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ray Jordan
A wine that simply oozes cabernet. So much work has gone into this vineyard over the years and it is now reaping the rewards. Bright, leafy red berry notes on the nose, with a palate that is seamlessly medium-bodied yet with a succulent core of concentrated dark fruits. It’s brilliant…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Pinot Noir – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
The first Moss Wood wine I ever tasted was a pinot back in 1981, so I have always had a soft spot for it. This fits snugly into the Moss Wood style, with plenty of generous, bright red fruit character on the nose and then delivered with a burst on…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Chardonnay – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
A most elegant and, at the same time, powerful chardonnay from a vintage which produced – well – elegance and power. Aromas of savoury lemon nuances with subtle butterscotch and marzipan character. The palate is texturally pleasing, with a deep and concentrated core that drives with urgency through to a…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 8% Malbec and 3% Petit Verdot. After the pretty robust 2024, we are back into a more ‘classic’ vintage with 2025. Blue and black fruit, raspberry jubes, roses and chocolate box, black olive and nori, light cedar oak and spice. It’s medium-bodied, quite supple in…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Chardonnay – Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
A very convincing, fuller flavoured and yet controlled chardonnay of rich qualities and yet refreshing undertow. Quite a bit of nougat, vanilla wafer on red apple, nectarine, ginger biscuit and a sense of alpine herbs. It’s a big swish of flavour and texture, palate staining in a sense. Balanced and…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Chardonnay – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
“Our first Chardonnay was made in 1980 and, after the difficult seasons of 1981 and 1982, it has been produced every year since 1983 from those original vines. The 2025 is our 44th overall release and 43rd consecutive vintage, continuing a story that will soon span half a century.” This…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Autrement Pinot Noir – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
Pretty, assured, and confident on the nose, showing red cherry, juicy wild strawberry, hints of burnt orange, liquorice, and toasty oak. Medium-bodied, finely structured, and elegant on the palate. Red and black berries, Negroni-esque bitterness, subtle rounding oak spice, fine tannins. Deliciously balanced. Lovely stuff. 94/100ptsDrink – 2026-2035 …
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Pinot Noir – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
Bright ruby, with beautiful aromas of strawberry, raspberry, and rose, backed by earthy black tea, and baking spices. Medium-bodied and youthfully zesty on the palate. Strawberries, red cherry, ripe cranberries. The tension and focus are excellent in this release. Subtle spice notes beautifully complimenting the energy of the red berry…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2026 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Winsor Dobbin, Wine of the Week
This is one of the simpler wines in the impressive Moss Wood range, but with spring upon us it is a very good choice for enjoying al fresco. This new vintage release is a blend of semillon and sauvignon blanc, two grape varieties that thrive in Margaret River. There is…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Cassandra Charlick, Decanter
An early-morning brightness of purple fruit, mulberry, plum, salted cassis and hints of aniseed, crushed minerality, quartz and graphite. It’s very inviting, with inky black olive brine and nori. The palate is packed with concentration, complexity, succulence, spice and power. Cassis and almost tar-like notes, acidity with jewel-like clarity singing…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Campbell Mattinson
This is luscious and lovely and loaded with pure, concentrated blackcurrant flavour and yet, crucially, it’s also balanced, fresh, lengthy and ultimately elegant. It’s everything that a great Margaret River cabernet should be. It adds complementary tobacco notes to the swoosh of fruit; there are whispers of bay leaf; creamy…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2025 Elsa – Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
A flash of bubble-gum to the aromatics and a raw cedar character to the palate, which lets you know for certain that it was oak-matured or at least partially so. It’s a dry, thistle-and-burr style with gravel, woodsmoke, lemon peel and waxy/lanolin characters teaming throughout. Length is excellent, and brings…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2025 Chardonnay – Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
Serious chardonnay. Refined and taut but, at the same time, there’s no mucking around here. Peaches grilled, lemon curd, pears, toast, brine, steel and roasted-and-salted cashews. There’s no flint, no flare, no room for more. This is Margaret River chardonnay served bold, neat and immaculate. Drink: 2027 – 2032+ August,…
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