Moss Wood 2020 Amy’s
| Wine Facts | |
|---|---|
| Median Harvest Date | 20/03/2020 |
| Median Harvest Ripeness | 13.5° Baume |
| Blend | 72% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Merlot 10% Malbec 8% Petit Verdot |
| Bottled | 05/11/2021 |
| Alcohol | 14.0% |
Wine Facts
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Median Harvest Date
20th March, 2020
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Harvest Ripeness
13.5°Be
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Blend
72% Cabernet Sauvignon
10% Merlot
10% Malbec
8% Petit Verdot
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Bottled
5th November, 2021
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Alcohol
14.0 %
WA Wine Review 2024
Ray Jordan “Moss Wood is a family-owned wine company and a pioneer of the Margaret River region. Planted in 1969, Moss Wood is an important founding estate of Margaret River. Clare and Keith Mugford, as viticulturalists, winemakers and proprietors, have been tending the vineyard and making wine at Moss Wood…
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
If you’re looking at an entry point into the wonderful wines of Moss Wood then this classy wine is just perfect. It’s a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot. Firm dark fruit delivered with typical grace and style. Has a beautiful lift and vibrance which carries effortlessly…
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Ned Goodwin, jamessuckling.com
A looser knit equivalent of a second wine at this address. Lovely, savory drinking. Mid-weighted and beautifully scented, with crystalline redcurrant rolled in sage and green olives. A sappy, verdant edge, unravelling across the seams. Nothing intrusive, mind you. Drink or hold. June, 2023
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – James Halliday, The Weekend Australian Magazine
A 68/20/7/5 per cent blend of estate-grown cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot, its colour is bright, fresh crimson, the bouquet fragrant, and the palate is already complete and balanced. It is purpose-built for consumption over the next three or four years, but if for any reason it’s left…
A True Wine History – Reviews of Moss Wood 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon, Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2022 Elsa, Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – James Halliday, The Weekend Australian Magazine
Margaret River: a true wine history Any account of the history of winemaking in Margaret River must acknowledge the true father of the region: Dr John Gladstones AM, a scientist of awesome intelligence. Much of his working life as an agronomist was devoted to lupins, a significant source of fodder…
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Red fruits, mulberry and cherry, hazelnut chocolate, mint nougat, and some biscuit spice. It’s supple and fleshy, quite the chocolate nuts flavour, juicy spiced poached strawberry, light grainy tannin, and a succulent and nutty finish of good length. There’s almost a sweet red apple flavour too. It’s at ease with…
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Stuart Knox, The Real Review
A bright ruby red colour. Raspberry and crushed violet aromas lift from the glass. Fresh and juicy on the palate, there’s a joyous vibrancy to the wine that keeps you entertained on repeat visits. The tannins are almost playful in their fine-grained persistence, and a hint of freshening acidity as…
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Winsor Dobbin, Winsor’s Choice
This is not the most expensive wine in the excellent Moss Wood range, nor is it the highest profile, But it is certainly one of the best value: a medium-bodied Bordeaux blend from Margaret River with impeccable balance and dangerous drinkability. The blend is 68% cabernet sauvignon, 20% merlot, 7%…
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Angus Hughson, Winepilot
This bright and aromatic Cabernet Sauvignon blend is beautifully approachable as it delivers an elegant expression of Margaret River. It opens with aromas of fruits of the forest and dried herbs with floral touches and a gravelly edge. Mid-weight and more reserved than the current releases of Ribbon Vale, a…
Moss Wood 2021 Amy’s – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Moss Wood Amy’s 2021 delivers a lot of wine for the price. It’s a Cabernet led blend made in a drink now style. A full bodied wine with juicy, succulent fruit complimented by balancing freshness on the finish. There’s great depth to the fruit but also tar and leather to…
Tasting Notes
Colour and condition:
Deep, brick red hue; bright condition.
Nose:
The aromatics in this wine are a pleasant mix of all of the varieties in the blend. Blueberries, violets and red currants from the Cabernet Sauvignon, red fruit and watermelon from the Malbec, dark berries and jubes from the Petit Verdot and blackcurrant and mulberry from the Merlot. Complex background notes of cedar, earth and tobacco are also apparent with very soft oak notes.
Palate:
The palate is characterized by the red and dark fruits with fantastic length and generosity. Concentrated black fruit flavours with firm but balanced tannin and acidity. There is plenty of appealing juiciness with lively fruit flavours of blackcurrant and mulberry.
CELLARING
We make the Amy’s in a style specifically intended for early drinking. Short term cellaring of around 5 years will reward with some further complex characters, however, we recommend that this wine is enjoyed for it’s attractive young fruit flavours.