Wine Reviews
Moss Wood 2023 Pinot Noir – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Medium-full colour with a bright purple tint; gumleaf mint aromatics at first sniff, as well as dark cherry and spice. The palate is intense and driving, with very good line and length, precise and tight but with a fraction of hardness which time should resolve. A structured pinot of real…
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Moss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
The inaugural release of Amy’s Cuvée Blanc is a 90% Semillon / 10% Sauvignon Blanc blend. This is Semillon at its most appealing—fresh, balanced, and showing subtle tropical and lemongrass notes. Fermented and lightly aged in old oak, it has attractive palate weight and texture. A delicious, drink-now style.…
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Moss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Amy’s 2024 is Moss Wood’s well-known Cabernet blend: 72% Cabernet Sauvignon with roughly equal parts Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. It bursts with juicy freshness, offering red and black fruits along with tapenade. It finishes with satisfying Cabernet markers of tea, tobacco and leather. November, 2025
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
It’s a bold and fruit forward wine offering blackberry, raspberry, dark chocolate, liquorice and a dried flower perfume. It’s fleshy and juicy in black fruit, mocha richness, a grainy grip to tannin, acidity is balanced, maybe has some orange nip to it, and finishes earthy, with a slight chicory bitterness,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Pinot Noir – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
This is a brilliant Pinot Noir from the Team at Moss Wood, and arguably the best I’ve tried to date. It’s a serious proposition, and it borders on vinicide to open at this early stage. Alas, notes needed to be written and bottle was sacrificed! Powerfully and spicy on the…
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Moss Wood 2024 Chardonnay – Angus Hughson, The Vintage Journal
Another superb Margaret River Chardonnay from the team at Moss Wood. Fermentation was completed in French oak barriques, 55% of which were new. Maturation was over a period of a year and a half. Lemon yellow in colour, the wine has a glorious nose, full of notes of mandarins, oyster…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Angus Hughson, The Vintage Journal
A superb Margaret River blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, both alluring and seductive. The split is 91% Semillon and 9% Sauvignon Blanc. Fermentation is finished in French oak barriques, before the wine spends another three months in maturation. A shimmering lemon-yellow hue, the nose weaves through a range of…
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Moss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Angus Hughson, The Vintage Journal
The name, we are told, means “in another way”, in French, which the team see as reflective of their Pinot Noir journey. Many have questioned why they persist with this variety when the region seems, if not better suited to other grapes, then more successful with them. Perhaps, quite simply,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
Semillon Sauvignon Blanc here. Wonderful freshness and focus on the nose, granny smiths, peach skins, meadow grasses, guava and underripe pineapple. Textured and nudging, rich on the palate, beautiful acidity, drive and concentration. I’d love to see this with a bit of bottle age. Drink 2025-2035 November, 2025
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
Darker, fleshier, and more fruit forward than the flagship Pinot Noir by Moss Wood. Cherries, cherry stones, plum, wild strawberries, hints of citrus peel and black tea, perhaps a touch of pepper on the nose. Medium-bodied and concentrated on the palate, those darker fruit qualities transition through from the nose…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2024 Elsa – Jane Faulkner – James Halliday, The Wine Companion
A very classy wine that curtails overt flavour or heaviness with pitch-perfect aromas and flavours. Smoky, citrusy, a touch of spicy oak, a creamy and nutty texture, yet the acidity glides across the palate so lightly. It’s savoury and detailed with an excellent, very dry finish that lingers long. December,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Huon Hooke,The Real Review
Light, bright yellow, deeper in colour than most of its age. There is a touch of spicy, toasty oak on the nose that goes with the deeper colour, while the palate is rich and deep, full flavoured and dry with a good backbone of phenolics, the entirety beautifully presented as…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Deep dark purple-red; intense, essency cassis, dark plum, violets and toasty oak on the nose, the palate succulent and fruit-sweet, with almost lush presence and a touch of graphitey tannin on the finish. Full bodied, rich and ripe—an almost opulent wine. A little more time will soften it further. November,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
The name “Autrement,” meaning “in another way” in French, reflects Moss Wood’s journey in Pinot Noir discovery. This wine is crafted from fruit sourced in the southern Karridale region, 60 kilometers south of Moss Wood’s Wilyabrup base. Moss Wood has a history of exploring pinot noir from different regions, including…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
A completely new release from Moss Wood, this edition is largely Semillon with a small influence of Sauvignon Blanc. Barrel fermentation adds distinctive texture and complexity. The wine shows a pale, typical colour, while the nose opens with punchy, fragrant, zesty lemon and subtle passion fruit notes. There’s a spicy,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec, this wine displays a deep, dark colour with subtle crimson hues. The nose is ripe with blackcurrant and plummy characters, complemented by a lifted aromatic perfume. On the palate, deep, succulent dark fruit flavours are supported by fine, firm tannins,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Chardonnay – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
This is excellent. Lemons, lemon rinds, pith, grapefruit, fleshy white nectarines, marzipan, and almonds with wafts of minerally ocean spray and quartz. Medium-full on the palate, beautifully textured and almost perfect in concentration. Lemon and white grapefruit, panna cotta, ginger, honey, sea spray. Everything is so very well done and…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Pinot Noir – Angus Hughson, The Vintage Journal
If ever the team at Moss Wood were going to craft a Pinot Noir to convince the doubters of what can be achieved with this variety in Margaret River, then surely the brilliant 2023 vintage would be the one to do it. This is their 45th consecutive release of their…
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Moss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Winsor Dobbin, Wine of the Week
Here’s a classic regional blend of semillon and sauvignon blanc from one of the founding wine producers in Margaret River; albeit with a difference. The Moss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvée Blanc is a new addition to the range. It is semillon-driven and barrel fermented to add texture and complexity. That…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
There’s a new and delicious addition to the Moss Wood range – Autrement Pinot Noir 2024 Veteran Winemaker Keith Mugford has sourced grapes from Margaret River’s cool southern district Karridale, a full 60 kms south of Moss Wood’s Wilyabrup home. The result? A refreshing and lively Pinot With red and…
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Moss Wood 2023 Pinot Noir – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Medium-full colour with a bright purple tint; gumleaf mint aromatics at first sniff, as well as dark cherry and spice. The palate is intense and driving, with very good line and length, precise and tight but with a fraction of hardness which time should resolve. A structured pinot of real…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
The inaugural release of Amy’s Cuvée Blanc is a 90% Semillon / 10% Sauvignon Blanc blend. This is Semillon at its most appealing—fresh, balanced, and showing subtle tropical and lemongrass notes. Fermented and lightly aged in old oak, it has attractive palate weight and texture. A delicious, drink-now style.…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Amy’s 2024 is Moss Wood’s well-known Cabernet blend: 72% Cabernet Sauvignon with roughly equal parts Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. It bursts with juicy freshness, offering red and black fruits along with tapenade. It finishes with satisfying Cabernet markers of tea, tobacco and leather. November, 2025
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
It’s a bold and fruit forward wine offering blackberry, raspberry, dark chocolate, liquorice and a dried flower perfume. It’s fleshy and juicy in black fruit, mocha richness, a grainy grip to tannin, acidity is balanced, maybe has some orange nip to it, and finishes earthy, with a slight chicory bitterness,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Pinot Noir – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
This is a brilliant Pinot Noir from the Team at Moss Wood, and arguably the best I’ve tried to date. It’s a serious proposition, and it borders on vinicide to open at this early stage. Alas, notes needed to be written and bottle was sacrificed! Powerfully and spicy on the…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Chardonnay – Angus Hughson, The Vintage Journal
Another superb Margaret River Chardonnay from the team at Moss Wood. Fermentation was completed in French oak barriques, 55% of which were new. Maturation was over a period of a year and a half. Lemon yellow in colour, the wine has a glorious nose, full of notes of mandarins, oyster…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Angus Hughson, The Vintage Journal
A superb Margaret River blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, both alluring and seductive. The split is 91% Semillon and 9% Sauvignon Blanc. Fermentation is finished in French oak barriques, before the wine spends another three months in maturation. A shimmering lemon-yellow hue, the nose weaves through a range of…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Angus Hughson, The Vintage Journal
The name, we are told, means “in another way”, in French, which the team see as reflective of their Pinot Noir journey. Many have questioned why they persist with this variety when the region seems, if not better suited to other grapes, then more successful with them. Perhaps, quite simply,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
Semillon Sauvignon Blanc here. Wonderful freshness and focus on the nose, granny smiths, peach skins, meadow grasses, guava and underripe pineapple. Textured and nudging, rich on the palate, beautiful acidity, drive and concentration. I’d love to see this with a bit of bottle age. Drink 2025-2035 November, 2025
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
Darker, fleshier, and more fruit forward than the flagship Pinot Noir by Moss Wood. Cherries, cherry stones, plum, wild strawberries, hints of citrus peel and black tea, perhaps a touch of pepper on the nose. Medium-bodied and concentrated on the palate, those darker fruit qualities transition through from the nose…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2024 Elsa – Jane Faulkner – James Halliday, The Wine Companion
A very classy wine that curtails overt flavour or heaviness with pitch-perfect aromas and flavours. Smoky, citrusy, a touch of spicy oak, a creamy and nutty texture, yet the acidity glides across the palate so lightly. It’s savoury and detailed with an excellent, very dry finish that lingers long. December,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Huon Hooke,The Real Review
Light, bright yellow, deeper in colour than most of its age. There is a touch of spicy, toasty oak on the nose that goes with the deeper colour, while the palate is rich and deep, full flavoured and dry with a good backbone of phenolics, the entirety beautifully presented as…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Deep dark purple-red; intense, essency cassis, dark plum, violets and toasty oak on the nose, the palate succulent and fruit-sweet, with almost lush presence and a touch of graphitey tannin on the finish. Full bodied, rich and ripe—an almost opulent wine. A little more time will soften it further. November,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
The name “Autrement,” meaning “in another way” in French, reflects Moss Wood’s journey in Pinot Noir discovery. This wine is crafted from fruit sourced in the southern Karridale region, 60 kilometers south of Moss Wood’s Wilyabrup base. Moss Wood has a history of exploring pinot noir from different regions, including…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
A completely new release from Moss Wood, this edition is largely Semillon with a small influence of Sauvignon Blanc. Barrel fermentation adds distinctive texture and complexity. The wine shows a pale, typical colour, while the nose opens with punchy, fragrant, zesty lemon and subtle passion fruit notes. There’s a spicy,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec, this wine displays a deep, dark colour with subtle crimson hues. The nose is ripe with blackcurrant and plummy characters, complemented by a lifted aromatic perfume. On the palate, deep, succulent dark fruit flavours are supported by fine, firm tannins,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Chardonnay – Edward Agg, The Cellar Post
This is excellent. Lemons, lemon rinds, pith, grapefruit, fleshy white nectarines, marzipan, and almonds with wafts of minerally ocean spray and quartz. Medium-full on the palate, beautifully textured and almost perfect in concentration. Lemon and white grapefruit, panna cotta, ginger, honey, sea spray. Everything is so very well done and…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Pinot Noir – Angus Hughson, The Vintage Journal
If ever the team at Moss Wood were going to craft a Pinot Noir to convince the doubters of what can be achieved with this variety in Margaret River, then surely the brilliant 2023 vintage would be the one to do it. This is their 45th consecutive release of their…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Winsor Dobbin, Wine of the Week
Here’s a classic regional blend of semillon and sauvignon blanc from one of the founding wine producers in Margaret River; albeit with a difference. The Moss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvée Blanc is a new addition to the range. It is semillon-driven and barrel fermented to add texture and complexity. That…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
There’s a new and delicious addition to the Moss Wood range – Autrement Pinot Noir 2024 Veteran Winemaker Keith Mugford has sourced grapes from Margaret River’s cool southern district Karridale, a full 60 kms south of Moss Wood’s Wilyabrup home. The result? A refreshing and lively Pinot With red and…
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