Wine Reviews
Moss 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,…
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Moss 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…
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Moss 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…
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Moss 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 – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
They’ve always been Pinot obsessed at Moss Wood. The Pannels planted back in 1973 when Pinot was niche. It remains a popular part of the MW range as Pinot Noir has become vogueish. It’s 45th consecutive release, makes it one of the Australia’s longest running Pinots. Moss Wood Pinot Noir…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Chardonnay – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Chardonnay 2024 is beautifully balanced. It’s full bodied and intense but doesn’t overpower or over egg complexity. There is quite a bit to it – wet stone, nectarine, peach, oatmeal and nut. It finishes long with a great citrus line. The savoury, textured mouthfeel is exemplary. Moss Wood…
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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…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Angus Hughson, The Vintage Journal
One of the better Amy’s, this is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (72%), Merlot (11%), Petit Verdot (9%) and Malbec (8%). Maturation was for sixteen months in French oak barriques, but the use of any new oak was avoided. Purple magenta in colour, the nose exhibits notes of black cherries,…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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 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…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2023 Pinot Noir – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
They’ve always been Pinot obsessed at Moss Wood. The Pannels planted back in 1973 when Pinot was niche. It remains a popular part of the MW range as Pinot Noir has become vogueish. It’s 45th consecutive release, makes it one of the Australia’s longest running Pinots. Moss Wood Pinot Noir…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Chardonnay – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Chardonnay 2024 is beautifully balanced. It’s full bodied and intense but doesn’t overpower or over egg complexity. There is quite a bit to it – wet stone, nectarine, peach, oatmeal and nut. It finishes long with a great citrus line. The savoury, textured mouthfeel is exemplary. Moss Wood…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Angus Hughson, The Vintage Journal
One of the better Amy’s, this is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (72%), Merlot (11%), Petit Verdot (9%) and Malbec (8%). Maturation was for sixteen months in French oak barriques, but the use of any new oak was avoided. Purple magenta in colour, the nose exhibits notes of black cherries,…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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…
Read ReviewMoss 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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