Ribbon Vale Cabernet is one of the sleeper wines in Moss Wood’s range.

It is no second wine to the flagship Moss Wood Cabernet. It’s a wine of similar ambition.

The Ribbon Vale is a powerful, single vineyard expression from the Ribbon Vale vineyard built to last for 30+ years Moss Wood forecast.

The 2022 is a potpourri of black and blue fruit on the nose. On the palate it’s a complex wine with red fruits such as cranberry and pomegranate melted with tobacco, cedar, undergrowth, acid and tannins.

The RV is 90% Cabernet with 2,5% each of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot.

I’d cellar for a minimum of 5 years to let the elements come together. Decant for many hours if you are going early but this one is built to evolve over decades.