Wine Reviews
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2025 Elsa – Ray Jordan
I’ve been a fan of this wine since it was introduced just a few years ago, and I have to say, this one from what was an excellent season stacks up with any that have yet been released. It’s a largely sauvignon blanc with a small percentage of semillon, varieties…
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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…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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.…
Read ReviewMoss 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%…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
Cabernet Sauvignon this Margaret River wine from the Ribbon Vale Vineyard may be, but it is very much the traditional Bordeaux blend, with 2.5% of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot included in the mix. From the 2023 vintage, which continues grow in reputation with every wine released, this…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Merlot – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
This Margaret River Merlot from the Ribbon Vale Vineyard also enjoys the presence of 7% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Cabernet Franc. Maturation was in French oak barriques, 18% new, for twenty-eight months. The colour is a gleaming maroon, while the nose reveals aromas of plum pudding, blackcurrants, plums, cloves, beefstock,…
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Moss Wood 2025 Autrement Pinot Noir – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
Every year, one hears the same question. Why are they bothering with Pinot Noir in Margaret River? The answer is that they have customers who love the wine and buy it every year. Also, one suspects, that they enjoy making it (they have been doing so since 1977, so if…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2025 Chardonnay – Wine Pilot, Ken Gargett
An impressive Margaret River Chardonnay from the Ribbon Vale Vineyard, handpicked fruit was delivered to the winery for hand sorting and whole bunch pressing. Fermentation began in stainless steel tanks under controlled temperatures before, at the halfway point, the wine was transferred to French oak barriques, 32% of which were…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2025 Elsa – Wine Pilot, Ken Gargett
Friends in the West tell me that the final outcome of the 2025 vintage in Margaret River may rival the legendary 2023. Even to be spoken of in those terms suggests that this is another exceptional year. This wine is very much Sauvignon Blanc dominant, 90%, with the remaining 10%…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Merlot – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Deep, dark ruby with a heady nose of violets, black berries and plum, a hint of orange rind, dried thyme, black tea, tobacco, licorice, boot polish, graphite and complex spice. In the mouth it’s rich, muscular and serious with flavours of plum, black cherries, juicy red berries, fig and bay…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Crimson with a ruby rim and a lifted nose of lavender, blackberries, cassis, dried currants, white pepper, bay leaf, rosemary and dried sage, cocoa, graphite, pencil shavings and woody spice. In the mouth it’s juicy and easy with ripe blackberry, plum, raspberry, blueberry and blackcurrant at its core, kissed by…
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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,…
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Moss Wood 2023 Chardonnay – Julia Harding, Jancis Robinson
Rich aroma of stone fruit, pear and a hint of creamy/mealy oak. Tastes almost sweet on the palate – veering to apricot – even though it is bone dry. The dry, firm and slightly chewy texture brings balance to all that sweet fruit. The oak is finely integrated, the fruit…
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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
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Moss Wood 2024 Chardonnay – Melissa Moore, The Real Review
Bright gold in the glass, with fresh apricots, vanilla and light cedary oak, with lemon rind, wet pebble and green almond. It’s vibrant and powerful, with zesty acidity, chalky mineral lift and savoury depth, finishing with a precise bitter-peel note that adds to the tension and drive. A confident, layered…
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Moss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Winsor Dobbin, Winsor’s Choice
Calling all lovers of Bordeaux-style red blends. This is cabernet-driven wine from one of Margaret River’s best producers that offers an excellent each way bet: drink now or cellar for a decade or more. It is a blend of 72% cabernet with the remainder of the blend made up of…
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Moss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
It’s beautifully scented, with aromas of grapefruit, mango, lemongrass, and crisp apple. It’s refreshing and mouthwatering, delivering a saline texture and vibrant acidity, with a lingering, exuberant finish. A blend of 90% Semillon & 10% Sauvignon Blanc. At its best: now to 2033. October 2025
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Beautifully fruited and fragrant, the bouquet shows blackcurrant, blueberry, fennel, subtle tobacco, and elegant oak aromas. It’s succulent and supple in the mouth, delivering a fleshy texture, fine acidity, and chalky tannins, making it robust and sturdy, with excellent line and length. A blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot,…
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Moss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Sweetly fruited with savoury nuances, the fragrant bouquet shows dark plum, cured meat, warm mushroom, baking spice, and toasted almond characters, followed by a silky-smooth palate that’s succulent and beautifully weighted. It’s wonderfully structured with refreshing acidity and grainy tannins, finishing lingering and delectable. At its best: 2028 to 2036.…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2025 Elsa – Ray Jordan
I’ve been a fan of this wine since it was introduced just a few years ago, and I have to say, this one from what was an excellent season stacks up with any that have yet been released. It’s a largely sauvignon blanc with a small percentage of semillon, varieties…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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.…
Read ReviewMoss 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%…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
Cabernet Sauvignon this Margaret River wine from the Ribbon Vale Vineyard may be, but it is very much the traditional Bordeaux blend, with 2.5% of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot included in the mix. From the 2023 vintage, which continues grow in reputation with every wine released, this…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Merlot – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
This Margaret River Merlot from the Ribbon Vale Vineyard also enjoys the presence of 7% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Cabernet Franc. Maturation was in French oak barriques, 18% new, for twenty-eight months. The colour is a gleaming maroon, while the nose reveals aromas of plum pudding, blackcurrants, plums, cloves, beefstock,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Autrement Pinot Noir – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
Every year, one hears the same question. Why are they bothering with Pinot Noir in Margaret River? The answer is that they have customers who love the wine and buy it every year. Also, one suspects, that they enjoy making it (they have been doing so since 1977, so if…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2025 Chardonnay – Wine Pilot, Ken Gargett
An impressive Margaret River Chardonnay from the Ribbon Vale Vineyard, handpicked fruit was delivered to the winery for hand sorting and whole bunch pressing. Fermentation began in stainless steel tanks under controlled temperatures before, at the halfway point, the wine was transferred to French oak barriques, 32% of which were…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2025 Elsa – Wine Pilot, Ken Gargett
Friends in the West tell me that the final outcome of the 2025 vintage in Margaret River may rival the legendary 2023. Even to be spoken of in those terms suggests that this is another exceptional year. This wine is very much Sauvignon Blanc dominant, 90%, with the remaining 10%…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Merlot – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Deep, dark ruby with a heady nose of violets, black berries and plum, a hint of orange rind, dried thyme, black tea, tobacco, licorice, boot polish, graphite and complex spice. In the mouth it’s rich, muscular and serious with flavours of plum, black cherries, juicy red berries, fig and bay…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon – Marc Malouf, Wine Worth Writing About
Crimson with a ruby rim and a lifted nose of lavender, blackberries, cassis, dried currants, white pepper, bay leaf, rosemary and dried sage, cocoa, graphite, pencil shavings and woody spice. In the mouth it’s juicy and easy with ripe blackberry, plum, raspberry, blueberry and blackcurrant at its core, kissed by…
Read ReviewMoss 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,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Chardonnay – Julia Harding, Jancis Robinson
Rich aroma of stone fruit, pear and a hint of creamy/mealy oak. Tastes almost sweet on the palate – veering to apricot – even though it is bone dry. The dry, firm and slightly chewy texture brings balance to all that sweet fruit. The oak is finely integrated, the fruit…
Read ReviewMoss 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
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Chardonnay – Melissa Moore, The Real Review
Bright gold in the glass, with fresh apricots, vanilla and light cedary oak, with lemon rind, wet pebble and green almond. It’s vibrant and powerful, with zesty acidity, chalky mineral lift and savoury depth, finishing with a precise bitter-peel note that adds to the tension and drive. A confident, layered…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Winsor Dobbin, Winsor’s Choice
Calling all lovers of Bordeaux-style red blends. This is cabernet-driven wine from one of Margaret River’s best producers that offers an excellent each way bet: drink now or cellar for a decade or more. It is a blend of 72% cabernet with the remainder of the blend made up of…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2025 Amy’s Cuvee Blanc – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
It’s beautifully scented, with aromas of grapefruit, mango, lemongrass, and crisp apple. It’s refreshing and mouthwatering, delivering a saline texture and vibrant acidity, with a lingering, exuberant finish. A blend of 90% Semillon & 10% Sauvignon Blanc. At its best: now to 2033. October 2025
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Beautifully fruited and fragrant, the bouquet shows blackcurrant, blueberry, fennel, subtle tobacco, and elegant oak aromas. It’s succulent and supple in the mouth, delivering a fleshy texture, fine acidity, and chalky tannins, making it robust and sturdy, with excellent line and length. A blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot,…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Autrement Pinot Noir – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Sweetly fruited with savoury nuances, the fragrant bouquet shows dark plum, cured meat, warm mushroom, baking spice, and toasted almond characters, followed by a silky-smooth palate that’s succulent and beautifully weighted. It’s wonderfully structured with refreshing acidity and grainy tannins, finishing lingering and delectable. At its best: 2028 to 2036.…
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