Wine Reviews
Moss Wood 2018 Pinot Noir – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
This has aromas of roasting herbs, redcurrants, dried red cherries and violets. The palate is smooth, ripe and even and has a sleekly layered red-fruit core with a juicy, fresh and focused finish. Ripe tannins hold red-fruit flavors well. Published Nov 2020
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Moss Wood 2019 Chardonnay – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
Honeycomb and buttery elements, as well as praline, grilled peach and toasted hazelnut. The palate has a very smoothly honed, gently creamy and spicy edge. So much texture. Very rich and classically styled chardonnay. Published Nov 2020
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2018 Pinot Noir – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Quite a floral pinot noir with violet and wildflowers blending with ripe cherry and raspberry fruit flavours together with spice, anise and subtle nutty oak characters. A pristine wine with appealing purity and power that’s delivered with great subtlety. Published Nov 6th, 2020
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2019 Chardonnay – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Supremely elegant chardonnay with peach, citrus, hazelnut, brioche, saline-mineral and subtle spicy oak flavours. Concentrated wine with a drop-dead-gorgeous texture. Youthful yet accessible. A complex wine. Published Nov 4th, 2020
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Moss Wood 2020 Semillon – James Halliday, Top 100 Wines, The Wine Companion
Although vinified à la Hunter Valley – clear juice with multiple yeasts, bottled straight after cold fermentation – the result is a universe away from young Hunter semillon. It has striking depth to its supple lemongrass and white peach fruit flavours, lengthened and balanced by demure acidity. Published Nov 1st,…
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Moss Wood 2018 Pinot Noir – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Sweetly fruited and splendidly complex, the bouquet shows Black Doris plum, dried herb, clove, cedar and game characters, leading to a wonderfully weighted palate delivering expansive mouthfeel and fleshy texture. It’s gorgeously framed by loads of polished tannins, making it powerfully structured and elegantly poised at the same time, promising…
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Moss Wood 2019 Chardonnay – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
This is magnificently composed and expressed, showing white flesh peach, citrus peel, cedar and nougat characters on the nose with a hint of brioche. It’s immensely concentrated and richly textured on the palate, while remaining harmonious and impeccably balanced. Multi-layered with loads of delectable flavours. At its best: 2029 to…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2018 Pinot Noir – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood founders Bill and Sandra Pannell were Burgundy buffs planting Pinot Noir in Margaret River in 1973. Despite an early start for the region, Moss Wood are still one of the few producers. Pinot made up just 0.4% of the total wine grape crush in 2019. Moss Wood 2018…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2018 Pinot Noir – Marc Malouf, Wines Worth Writing About
Lightly coloured crimson with an orange hue and a surprisingly Grenache-like nose of Hibiscus, blackberry, blood orange, dark cherry, raspberry soda, pink grapefruit, strawberries and chantilly cream. Underbrush notes of thyme and baystalk are accompanied by carob, licorice and juniper that lend some woody sweetness. The palate is zingy, crisp…
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Moss Wood 2019 Chardonnay – Marc Malouf, Wines Worth Writing About
Pale golden straw with a lime reflection and a focused nose constructed of lemon blossom, Gardenia, Jasmine, Honeysuckles, sweetened lemon, passionfruit pith, tangelo, asparagus and grilled nectarine. Background notes of green hazelnut, dried mandarin peel and hints of vanilla show its oak. Lovely nose! In the mouth it is extremely…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2019 Chardonnay – Fergal Gleeson, The Great Wine Blog
Cabernet may well be the ‘signature dish’ at Moss Wood but Chardonnay is hot on its heels. Moss Wood 2017 was voted Australia’s best Chardonnay by the Wine Companion and points have been consistently high across recent vintages. Clare Mugford (co-owner with Keith) says that they’ve worked hard on this…
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Moss Wood 2019 Semillon – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
This has quite a waxy nose with honey and chamomile aromas, as well as lemon blossom. The palate has rich, fuller body and some assertively ripe, pithy lemon and grapefruit flavors. Published April 2020
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Moss Wood 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
A bright, fragrant and aloof style of cabernet sauvignon that has plenty of lively and vibrant fruit in the mix, behind cedary oak and a gentle layer of leaves and brick dust. The fruit is in the Wilyabrup spectrum of red berries and cassis. The palate has smooth, fabric-like tannins…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Botrytis Semillon – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
Impressive, lemon and peach aromas with marmalade and bergamot as well. The palate has elegant, fresh oranges and peaches. Published April 2020
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Botrytis Semillon – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Delicious, creamy, botrytised semillon with bush honey, dried apricot, liquorice, musk and caramel. Quite Sauternes-like – sweet but certainly not cloying. Perfect with foie gras. Published 4 April 2020
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2011 Botrytis Semillon – James Halliday, The Wine Companion
Gleaming gold; only made in years when botrytis occurs; very rich and sweet; needed a bit more acidity. 375ml. Published 27 July 2014
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2019 Elsa – Cameron Douglas, camdouglasms.com
An elegant bouquet centering on aromas of pure yellow fleshed orchard fruits, oak, lees and the complexities the harmonies of these three elements reveal. On the palate – weighty, almost full-bodied, fruits flavours of grapefruit and peach, some quince and apple then the unmistakable youthful bite of new French wood.…
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Moss Wood 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon – Cameron Douglas, camdouglasms.com
Complex, varietal and classic bouquet with aromas of blackberry, plum, violet, tobacco and toasty French oak. On the palate – a full-bodied and full-flavoured wine with plums and cherries, blackberry, earth, sand, salt and toasty wood. The floral note of violets add a lovely complexity. Medium+ tannins and medium+-ish acidity,…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Halliday, Wine Companion
Has the nervous energy of its ’18 sibling, but the herbal, forest floor characters show the door to the fruit. Bordeaux lovers may enjoy this wine. Published 01 August 2020
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2019 Semillon – James Halliday, Wine Companion
Pressed, the juice transferred to stainless steel tanks and settled for 48 hours, then racked and seeded with multiple yeast cultures and fermented at 18 degrees C, bottled as soon as possible in Jul. Smooth as silk with a velvet trim. It has multiple layers of fruit, and can silence…
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