Reviews
Moss Wood 2018 Chardonnay – Ray Jordan, The West Australian
“Beautiful Chardonnay balancing delicacy and fruit. From a fine vintage. Light fig and butterscotch notes on the nose. The palate has a bright zingy feel with lemoncurd and cumquat characters settling into a mix of brioche/light toast. Oaks integration is tops and the palate drives to a very long finish. “
Published November 26th, 2019
Read MoreMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ray Jordan, The West Australian
“Opens with an ethereal perfume that’s classically cabernet. The palate is medium to full bodied and so graceful and elegant. The focus on tannin management in this vineyard has really paid of with this exceptional wine. Fine minerally tannins with a degree of light bay leaf and blackcurrant emerging. A super wine.”
Published November 26th, 2019
Read MoreMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2017 Merlot – Ray Jordan, The West Australian
“A medium bodied and elegant merlot and one of the best in this line I can recall. Perfumed fruit strikes an impeccable balance of fine chalky tannins and seamlessly introduced oak. Floral notes on the nose with red berry scents. Controlled and long palate. A variety that benefits from vineyard work and winery refinements.”
Published November 26th, 2019
Read MoreMoss Wood 2018 Ribbon Vale Sauvignon Blanc Semillon – James Halliday, The Wine Companion
An exercise in complexity from start to finish, with a rainbow of flavours anchored by barrel ferment notes. Fermentation was initiated in stainless steel, then transferred to used barriques to build texture, not flavour. After a brief stay in oak the wine was sterile filtered and bottled.
Read MoreMoss Wood 2017 Amy’s – James Halliday, The Wine Companion
Cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot grown on the Glenmore Vineyard, fermented, matured and bottled at Moss Wood. The excellent crimson-purple colour introduces a juicy and seductive array of red and black fruits held close by ripe tannins and integrated French oak. A pleasure to drink.
Read MoreMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2017 Merlot – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Moderately intense merlot that has an impressive lightness and subtle power with blueberry, cedar, violet and a hint of wood-smoke. A seamless, smooth-textured red with a lengthy finish. Delicious now but with obvious potential.
Published Oct 11th, 2019
Read MoreMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Strongly varietal aroma with blackcurrant, cedar and a subtle floral note. A core of sweet fruit with a subtle liquorice, spice and anise influence wraps around a backbone of fine, soft tannins. An elegant wine that is approachable now but promises to develop well with bottle age.
Published Oct 12th 2019
Read MoreMoss Wood 2017 Pinot Noir – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Fresh, elegant pinot noir with appealing floral, red rose, bright cherry, spice anise and subtle nutty oak flavours. Good purity with impressive underlying power. Nicely poised with a firm structure suggesting cellaring potential without making the wine inaccessible now.
Published Sept 10th 2019
Read MoreMoss Wood 2018 Chardonnay – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Robust and intense chardonnay with grapefruit, stone fruit, peach, toasted hazelnut, brioche, and spicy oak flavours. A firmly-structured wine that’s a little closed at this stage and needs a year or two to open up and fully express its restrained complexity.
Published Sept 10th 2019
Read MoreMoss Wood 2018 Chardonnay – Fergal Gleeson, The Great Wine Blog
Luxuriant and satisfying Chardonnay here from Moss Wood. Margaret River Chardonnay of this quality is a force to be reckoned with. Lashings of peach, toasty oak, wholemeal and nut flavours. But the fruit is of such quality and so bell clear it pulls all the parts together. The 2017 was voted Australia’s best Chardonnay by The Wine Companion . 2018 should also be a contender.
Published Sept 2019
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