Wine Reviews
Moss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
A new wine from Moss Wood. 91% Semillon and 9% Sauvignon Blanc. A richer style here offering plenty of flavour, some creaminess and glass to texture, but also has a zip of citrus acidity and spice, with a fine dusty grip to texture. It tastes of pear and apple, some…
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Moss 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,…
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Moss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Moody ruby with a charming nose of cherry blossom, fig leaf, cinnamon, strawberry leaning red berries, watermelon, beetroot powder, blood orange, a touch of fern, white pepper and sweet, freshly turned soil. Classical! In the mouth it’s medium bodied, but full of flavour and blooms with a core of sweet…
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Moss Wood 2023 Pinot Noir – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Clear ruby with a blush of pink and a pretty, lifted nose of rose, lavender, spearmint and nettles, macerated red berries, white pepper, rooibos tea, green olive, marshmallow root, roasted chestnut and complex oak spice. In the mouth it bursts with transparent flavours of both fresh and candied red fruits,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir features fruit grown in Karridale, in Margaret River’s cooler, wetter south. The area is impacted by the cold, wild winds off the Southern Ocean (next stop, Antarctica) and produces fruit that is distinctly different in style from the rest of the region—”autrement” is the French…
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Moss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc is a Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blend, and in true Moss Wood style, it’s rich and exotic in both shape and feel. Notes of white pineapple and green apple, grass clippings and green peppercorns are threaded together by strands of saline acidity. This is classy. It…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Pinot Noir – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Yes, it’s a good wine. Peppermint, strawberry, cedar, quite some baking spice and tobacco leaf, caramel, amaro twang and herbs. It’s juicy, quite fleshy, hazelnut and poached strawberry, some blood orange tang, with a gently sooty tannin finish of solid length. A pink peppercorn spice closes it out and some…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Merlot – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
A standout merlot that confirms Ribbon Vale as one of Australia’s best sites for the variety. Dark fruits and lifted florals dominate the nose, while the palate shows generosity and effortlessness supported by structure and poise. There’s depth and vibrancy here, carried with elegance. A wine of great expression with…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
A superb release and possibly the best Ribbon Vale cabernet yet. This is an elegant, medium-bodied wine with purpose and drive, showing lifted red fruits and subtle leafiness on the nose. The palate is bright and energetic, with oak and tannins seamlessly integrated into the fruit to create precision and…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Pinot Noir – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
This is one of the finest pinot noirs yet from Moss Wood, delivering a wine of subtlety and power in equal measure. The vintage contributed vibrant colour, floral, cherry and raspberry aromatics, and a sublimely textured, finely integrated palate. Fine acidity and chalkiness complement the bright red fruits, capturing what…
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Moss Wood 2024 Chardonnay – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
One of Margaret River’s benchmark chardonnays, and this release from a warm vintage is exceptional. It’s fine and delicately poised, yet with regional DNA driving it through to a powerful, sustained finish. Aromas of lemon meringue, brioche and light florals lead into a palate of chalky, savoury elements alongside vanillin…
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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…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2024 Elsa – James Suckling
An opulent Bordeaux-style white blend, giving notes of white peaches, nectarines, preserved lemons, cookies, apple blossoms and lanolin. The palate is textural and rounded with a creamy midweight feel, showing fresh ginger, quince, baking spices and a touch of fine oak. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Suckling
Deep aromas of blackberries, blueberries, dark chocolate, potpourri, baking spices, mulberries and rhubarb tart. The midweight palate has finely tuned, mouthwatering tannins and generous texture. Soft, mineral finish with plenty of flesh underneath. Excellent lift. Drinking well but has aging potential. Delicious. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Merlot – James Suckling
Perfumed aromas of plums, violets, black cherries, red apples, blueberry bush and potpourri. The midweight palate has firmly framed tannins and balanced acidity, leading into a tactile, structured finish with a really mouthwatering and mineral-edged close. Bright, lifted and built to age with a touch of freshness. Drink or hold.…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Elsa – James Suckling
This is a richly flavored, leesy chardonnay. Oatmeal, quince paste, bitter almond and nectarine. Mid-weighted and expansive. The lees handling is a bit overdone. The finish is peaty, blown out and oaky. Drink or hold.
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Chardonnay -James Suckling
This is a contrarian approach to chardonnay, distinctively forward and fruity, reminiscent of older school Australiana. Attractively so, at least for those seeking respite from the linear, mineral pungency of more contemporary expressions. Mid-weighted. A blast of creamed cashew, nougatine, white peach and dried hay, melds with vanillin oak. Salacious,…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2024 Chardonnay – James Suckling
Quite bold and generous with aromas of yellow apples, preserved lemons, struck match, baking spices and pastry. The midweight palate has a creamy texture and balanced acidity that leads into a rather traditional, albeit tasty, style. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
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Moss Wood 2022 Pinot Noir – James Suckling
Perfumed with high-toned aromas of blood oranges, cranberries, potpourri, autumn leaves and dried herbs. The midweight palate has firmly framed yet finely tuned tannins and lovely notes of dried strawberries, rose hips, citrus peel and hibiscus. Atypical for Margaret River but classic pinot. From vines planted in 1976. Drink or…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Suckling
Plush, perfumed aromas of red and black currants, black cherries, spices, graphite, purple flowers, crushed blackberries and violets. Finely tuned tannins and bright acidity lead into a midweight, fruit-driven palate with almost silky texture and no heaviness. Tightly wound with some early-drinking generosity and plenty of polish. 92% cabernet sauvignon,…
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