Wine Reviews
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
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…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Merlot – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
If you’re only going to drink one Australian Merlot in the year? Moss Wood Merlot 2022 is an excellent candidate! Forget the guy from Sideways! Merlot can be a serious wine. And Moss Wood make one of Australia’s best. Flavours of blackberry, blueberry, violets, milk chocolate sit inside a medium…
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Moss Wood 2023 Amy’s – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Amy’s is one of the trio of Moss Wood Cabernets. They are all single vineyard releases. To clarify, Amy’s is about 85% Cabernet with the balance of Petit Verdot, Malbec and Merlot. And you can see the varietal synergies – Petit Verdot adding pepper and spices, Merlot and Malbec bringing…
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Moss Wood 2024 Semillon – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Semillon 2024 has lime and lemongrass flavours with subtle texture and complexity. Flavoursome and fruit driven given the absence of oak in the winemaking. Moss Wood are one of the only winemakers in Margaret River making an age worthy style which they recommend can cellar for up to…
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Moss Wood 2022 Pinot Noir – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Pinot Noir 2022 is a delicious and accomplished wine. Lots of ‘pinotosity’ on the nose – strawberry, cherry and florals. Those red fruits flow through on the palate in what is a well balanced wine. Balance? It’s the refreshing, bright acid and fine smooth tannins that accompany the…
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Moss Wood 2023 Chardonnay – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
The nose tells you that you are in for something complex and delicious. A lightning rod of refreshing acid runs through this wine robed in lime, grapefruit and textured tannins. The Moss Wood house style is traditionally a rich and full bodied Wilyabrup Chardonnay. Perhaps it’s the cooler vintage…
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Moss Wood 2022 Amy’s – Tyson Stelzers, Top 250 Wines of 2024
A beautifully poised and consummately balanced Amys that captures the crunch of red- and blackcurrant fruit and supports it with nicely balanced, high-class, dark chocolate French oak. Bright acidity and fine-grained tannins are neatly resolved, carrying a long finish of undeviating line and length. Drink 2027-2034 October, 2024
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Moss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Tyson Stelzer, Top 250 Wines of 2024
A singularity of black- and redcurrant and cassis defines a monumental Moss Wood of stellar definition and endurance, yet somehow at the same time alluringly silky, slippery and polished to the nth degree. Super-fine tannins unite top shelf fruit with classy oak structure, impeccably resolved, carrying a finish of effortless…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Chardonnay – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
A recent addition to the Moss Wood portfolio showing the great strides that have been taken in managing the Ribbon Vale vineyard. This is probably the best release yet. It was a superb season and its shows in a wine of elegance and refinement, yet with layered complexity and sophistication.…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
This is one of the best cabernets yet released from this vineyard. It’s a gracefully presented wine of elegance and poise from the fine chalky tannins through to the energised finish. Blackcurrant and savoury plum notes with a light bay leaf and black olive nuance. The palate is so tightly…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Merlot – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
A lot of work was put into rejuvenating this vineyard when Moss Wood acquired it, and it has certainly paid off handsomely with merlot in particular. It’s now recognised as one of Australia’s consistently best. This is another cracker combining the suppleness of the fruit with power and poise. You…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2022 Pinot Noir – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
Pinot in Margaret River remains an enigma. Yet when you get good years it works well. The generosity of the ’22 vintage is captured in this pretty and powerful pinot. Wild raspberry and cherry notes with a subtle spice. The palate is deeply intense but delivers a light effortless touch.…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Semillon – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
This is a slightly fuller style than previously. Perhaps a product of the warmer vintage or an indication of a somewhat new direction for the variety. Regardless, it retains the essential linear mouthfeel and intensity of lemon zest and citrus. A crisp zingy acid sustains the long finish—an immediately appealing…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
This is a blend if cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot, malbec and merlot. In a good year like this one, it offers some of the best value classy red wine going around. This is as good as any in this line. Plush red fruit of tremendous intensity. A firm core of…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Chardonnay – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
One of the best chardies yet from Moss Wood, and that’s saying something with the quality of wines over the years. The nose is an immediately captivating combo of lemon curd, quince and cashew with just a subtle lift of zest. The palate has a sprightly energy with a crisp…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Medium-deep and very bright red with a strong tinge of purple, but it’s not a very deep colour for cabernet. The bouquet is fresh and red fruit driven with mulberry, violet aromas, mixed dried herbs and fragrant spices. The wine is medium-full bodied, not big but supremely elegant and fine-boned.…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Elsa – Cassandra Charlick-Camerer, Wine Pilot
Full malolactic fermentation, 7% new oak for nine months. Very inviting on the nose thanks to crème brulee creaminess, artisan candied fruit, vanilla bean and slight honeysuckle musk. The perfumed oak is in abundance, with a delicate toast, charry fringes and plenty of prettiness. Following on, the palate is unctuous…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Chardonnay – Cassandra Charlick-Camerer, Wine Pilot
100% malolactic fermentation and 23% new French oak barriques for nine months. This is no shrinking violet of a wine. Fruit is in the fuller spectrum with plenty of lanolin and ribbons of ripe and opulent florals. Delicate charry oak wraps around golden blossom, lemon curd, red berries, and melt-in-your-mouth…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Cassandra Charlick, Wine Pilot
95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot, with a detailed French oak regime. I can resist everything but temptation, or so said Mr Wilde. Place a glass of this in front of you and resistance is futile. Juicy and jewel like, the nose leaps with dusty rose, raspberry…
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Moss Wood 2022 Chardonnay – Cassandra Charlick, Decanter
Creamy nougat, with a simmering, flinty minerality and lemon curd on the nose. There’s gentle yet opulent oak spice, a little char and pretty white florals lifting things up to craft an elegant and refined picture. In its youth the oak is still persistent, but time should nestle this further…
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