Wine Reviews
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
A very striking wine for the sense of freshness and direct, detailed fruit character on offer. The palate has such delicious red and dark berries with blueberries and nuances of spiced chocolate. The tannins are fine, fresh and detailed. Drink or hold. Published: June 26, 2019
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Moss Wood 2017 Pinot Noir – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
Quite ripe pinot here with red-plum, dried-berry and brown-tea aromas, leading to a palate that has assertive acidity and light, ripe cherries. Plummier towards the finish. Published: 11 May, 2019
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Moss Wood 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
This is a fragrant and fresh Moss Wood with sage and bay leaf aromas, laced through red plums, cherries and redcurrants. The oak registers in a cedary and spiced-chocolate layer and is well integrated. The palate casts a long, sleek shape with quite assertive tannins, carrying fresh and concentrated red…
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Moss Wood 2018 Semillon – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
Attractive, fresh lemon-sherbet aromas with a gently grassy edge that leads into a supple, smooth-honed palate that delivers a long, fluid and assertively long finish. Drink or hold. Published: June 26, 2019
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon – Ralph Kyte-Powell, goodfood.com.au
A young SBS blend showing nicely integrated barrel influence enhancing citrus, pineapple and herbal fruit aromas. In the mouth it’s richly flavoured yet very dry, with a tight backbone of acidity and a long, savoury finish. Margaret River with a slight French accent. Published: June 17th, 2019
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon – Tyson Stelzer, Wine Business Magazine
Super classy and intricately crafted, this is a blend that revels in the crystalline purity, tension and focus of bright lemon fruit and lemon grass, gracefully polished with the spice, texture and elongating effect of old barrel fermentation. Such length and tension promise decades of potential. If you love white…
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Moss Wood 2017 Chardonnay – Matthew Jukes, 100 Best Australian Wines 2019/20
Moss Wood 2017 Chardonnay is a stunning wine. I don’t tend to write up Moss Wood Chardonnay very often, but this is a silky, controlled, refreshing style with more elegance than I have seen before in this wine. I look forward to putting it up against the other MR Chardonnays…
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon – Matthew Jukes, Top 100 Australian Wines 2019/20
This time there is more noticeable tannin on the finish of this red, but they are fit tannins not sluggish or slow-moving and this indicates a wine which will trot along nicely in the short to medium term. It is another example of a silky, polished Moss Wood wine and…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon – Matthew Jukes, Top 100 Australian Wines 2019/20
I was explaining the flavour of this wine the other day to a good friend in the wine trade and, because I was in a rush, I shortened my elucidation to, ‘It’s more Margaux than Pauillac’! This chap being a Bordeaux expert got my drift but to those of you…
Read ReviewMoss Wood 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Deepish red colour with a good tint of purple, and a bouquet of sweet berries, violets, mulberries and cassis. A fragrant, almost floral cabernet, the elegance of the nose reflected on the palate, which is medium to full-bodied and juicy, delicious and finely-textured. A lovely wine, already drinking well, and…
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Moss Wood 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
Delicious cabernet, with an appealing core of sweet, ripe blackcurrant and blackberry with subtle spice, cedar and nutty oak characters. This is a seriously good red wine that can be enjoyed now but promises to be sensational after at least 5-6 years of bottle age. Published April 2019
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon – James Halliday, Wine Companion
A night-on perfect picture of cabernet sauvignon a la Margaret River: medium-bodied but intense and long, opening with cassis and moving on to more savoury/earthy notes as the tannins click in. French oak is present, but has minimal impact. Published 01 January 2019
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Moss Wood 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon – Peter Forrestal, Decanter
Celebrating 30 years of Mugford ownership this year. This is delightfully aromatic, with blackcurrants, brambles and bay leaf flavours that are deep and richly concentrated. There’s velvety texture, power and finesse with abundant ripe tannins.
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Moss Wood 1975 Cabernet Sauvignon – Stephen Brook, Decanter
‘Considered one of the greatest red wines produced in the region…’ Wine Legend: Moss Wood, Cabernet Sauvignon, Wilyabrup, Margaret River 1975 A legend because… In the late 1960s and early 1970s there was a rush to make wine in Margaret River, and a number of properties – not only Moss Wood but…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon – John Lewis, Newcastle Herald
I confess to not being a sauvignon blanc devotee – but team it with semillon and it’s a different story. Margaret River producers tick many boxes with their blends of the two varieties and this 2018 Moss Wood is straw-hued with brassy tints and brings in scents of kiwifruit and…
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Moss Wood 2017 Chardonnay – John Lewis, Newcastle Herald
Moss Wood is among my favourite Western Australian brands and one of Margaret River’s pioneers. Established in 1969 by Busselton medico Dr Bill Pannell and his wife Sandra, it has the distinction of being the region’s second vineyard after Vasse Felix – planted in 1967 by Perth cardiologist Dr Tom…
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Moss Wood 2017 Amy’s – John Lewis, Newcastle Herald
What a delightful multi-faceted drop we have in this blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot. It has 13.5 per cent alcohol, ruby hues and cassis and caramel aromas. Vibrant blackcurrant flavour zips in on the front palate and elements of ripe black cherries, spice, Turkish delight chocolate…
Read ReviewMoss Wood Ribbon Vale 2018 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon – Fergal Gleeson, The Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Semillon and Ribbon Vale SBS offer wine lovers access to Moss Wood quality at a lower price than the iconic reds. Despite using the same technique the Semillon is very different in style to Hunter Valley Semillon. It’s richer, textured and satisfying even in its youth. Definitely not…
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Moss Wood 2018 Semillon – Fergal Gleeson, The Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Semillon and Ribbon Vale SBS offer wine lovers access to Moss Wood quality at a lower price than the iconic reds. Despite using the same technique the Semillon is very different in style to Hunter Valley Semillon. It’s richer, textured and satisfying even in its youth. Definitely not…
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Moss Wood 2017 Amy’s – Bob Campbell, The Real Review
“A blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot. Dense, ripe, fruit-focused red with dark-fleshed plum, blackberry, dried redcurrant, wood-smoke and spicy flavours. A perfectly balanced wine with a backbone of sweet, ripe tannins.” Published 15 January 2019 “Moss Wood’s 2017 Amy’s is a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec…
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