Moss Wood 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon 750mL (SOLD OUT)
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TASTING NOTES
Colour and condition:
Deep brick red, in bright condition.
Nose:
A classic Cabernet combination of blueberries, violets, blackberries with tar and cedar notes. The musky, black fruit note also suggests the higher percentage of Petit Verdot this year. There’s also pencil shavings and pomegranate and a very light toasty oak.
Palate:
In the traditional Moss Wood style, the first impression here is one of bright, generous blue and black fruit flavours, sitting over concentrated but balanced tannin. It’s the classic vineyard statement. However, there are also some pointers to the 2017 season, with crisp acidity, giving the palate a taut, almost zippy feel. The finish is firm, with a very light touch of toasty oak, mixing with cedar and tar.
Cellaring:
Apparently, Mark Twain once said history never repeats itself but it often rhymes and we reckon grape growing seasons are a classic example. Moss Wood followers will know we’re fond of reminiscing about vintages past and how they compare with current releases and yes, it’s a useful way to give perspective on wine style and cellaring potential. With the 2017 we turn immediately to the 1990 because these two share some remarkable similarities. Both were mild growing seasons with plenty of rain and in March, not only were the dates similar but also the amounts. It resulted in similar ripeness, 13.0 Baume in 2017 compared with 12.8 in 1990, and harvest with the former picked on 10th April and the latter on the 12th. Most importantly, this means we have great expectations of the 2017 because its older sibling remains one of Moss Wood’s finest that continues to drink well 30 years later. At present, the wine is showing vibrant fruit aromas so it’s an appealing youngster and can certainly be enjoyed now. However, the underlying structure is firm and will support long term aging, just as it did for the 1990. Over the next decade it should begin to soften but it will take until at least 20 years of age before it reaches full maturity.
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MOSS WOOD CABERNET SAUVIGNON REVIEWS
Moss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Deep purple-red colour, smoky, broken-rock, pencil-shavings aromas and the palate is full-bodied and densely textured with deep flavour and length. Traces of smoked meats. A firm and upright cabernet with masses of chewy but supple tannins that endure long on the follow-through. A high-potential cabernet that has everything ahead of it. Cellaring recommended. 2027–2041 …
Moss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot
The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon is extraordinary. Tasted first from barrel, it was a picture of restrained power and nothing has changed with seamless and perfectly composed aromas of cassis and red currant with a gentle lining of dried herb. This is a wine of elegance, pinpoint balance and precision rather than brutish power with firm…
Moss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Andrew Caillard, The Vintage Journal
Deep crimson. Intense blackcurrant, espresso, roasted chestnut aromas with hints of black olive/ spice. Inky deep and generously concentrated with ample cassis, black cherry, mocha flavours, superb roasted chestnut/ marzipan notes, and classical fine-grained tannins. Builds up claret/ cedar firm with a lovely pure black currant plume. The oak is still dominant but offset perfectly…
Moss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Gary Walsh
I’ve not given it much thought to date, because Moss Wood has been a part of my wine life for many decades, but it just occurred to me that it’s quite an unusual and evocative name for a winery. Anyway, if I stretch my memory back, this maybe puts me in mind of the 2005…
Moss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ray Jordan Wine
I’ve been waiting for this wine to be released for some time. I had great expectation that this wonderful vineyard from this exceptional vintage would produce something equally exceptional. Well, guess what? It has. This is such a beautiful example of what Moss Wood cabernet is all about. There’s nothing big and brutish here. This…
Moss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
This is right up there with the best in recent memory. Wonderfully complex on the nose. Blackberries, cassis, raspberry, violets, cedar, tobacco, graphite and pencil shaving, something exotic there too, rummy and clove. Medium-full on the palate, superb detail and elegance. The fruit and spice complexity seems effortless yet intense. Juicy cassis, violet, pencil graphite…
Moss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ken Gargett, The Wine Pilot
No doubt many winelovers have been eagerly awaiting this wine, one of the last of Margaret River’s big guns from the stunning 2023 vintage. This brilliant Cabernet saw all parcels harvested fermented separately in small open fermenters. Maturation was in French oak barriques, 15% new. The final blend included 4% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit…
Moss Wood 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Impenetrable dark crimson with a ruby rim and a complex and serious nose of violets, deep pitched black fruits and berries, panforte, charred meat, leather, pecan pie, tar, cedar, graphite and luxurious spices.Textbook Marg’s Cab! In the mouth it’s full bodied, creamy and elegantly textured with the finest of tannins, wonderful depth of flavour and…
Moss Wood 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon – Richard Hemming, jancisrobinson.com
Tasted blind. Bright ruby. Sweet oak perfume on the nose, with candied black fruit alongside. Opulent, intense but not heavy, there’s a featherweight touch to the tannins and the body. Persistent and pure, drinkable now but the peak is still a good few years away. November 2022
Moss Wood 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon – Aaron Brasher
Moss Wood sets the bar at the highest level when it comes to Australian cabernet sauvignon. This latest release continues a lineage of superb cabernet sauvignon that began in 1973. This is a wine that can undoubtedly be classed as an Australian ‘First Growth’ and deserves its place as one of Australia’s supreme exponents of…
