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 %
Moss Wood 2023 Amy’s – Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2023 Amy’s hails from a superb vintage in Margaret River. Mild, dry conditions set the tone for the season, and while many of the wines are yet to be released, the early indications are that this could be one of the most astounding vintages of Margaret River’s modern era…
Moss Wood 2023 Amy’s – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
Very much Cabernet Sauvignon dominant (83%), the wine also enjoys contributions from Merlot (5%), Malbec (6%) and Petit Verdot (6%). After fermentation and blending, the wine was returned to the 228-litre French oak barrels, none of them new, for maturation for a year and a half. A purple/maroon colour here,…
Moss Wood 2023 Amy’s – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot
The 2023 Amy’s blend of Cabernet Sauvignon with Petit Verdot, Malbec and Merlot is highly approachable at this young age with enveloping aromas of blackcurrant and gravel with a strong dark earth component. Excellent upfront impact with a seamless core of dark berry fruits, primed with acidity and underpinned by…
Moss Wood 2023 Amy’s – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Deep, bright, youthful purple-red colour in the glass; fresh and youthful violet, blueberry, mulberry aromas, very primary and a tad immature, but delightful. Elegance combined with concentration and lovely ripeness. A fragrant and quite beauteous cabernet blend.
Moss Wood 2022 Amy’s – Matthew Jukes
Heaven! I have yet to meet a more ardent fan of Moss Wood wines than yours truly, and this is another epic Aussie wine which is featured in my 100 Best Australian Wines Report 2025. Silky, honed, blackberry-soaked and seamless, Amy’s is one of the most incredible Cabernets on earth,…
Moss Wood 2023 Amy’s – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Amy’s is one of the trio of Moss Wood Cabernets. They are all single vineyard releases. To clarify, Amy’s is about 85% Cabernet with the balance of Petit Verdot, Malbec and Merlot. And you can see the varietal synergies – Petit Verdot adding pepper and spices, Merlot and Malbec bringing…
Moss Wood 2022 Amy’s – Tyson Stelzers, Top 250 Wines of 2024
A beautifully poised and consummately balanced Amys that captures the crunch of red- and blackcurrant fruit and supports it with nicely balanced, high-class, dark chocolate French oak. Bright acidity and fine-grained tannins are neatly resolved, carrying a long finish of undeviating line and length. Drink 2027-2034 October, 2024
Moss Wood 2023 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine
This is a blend if cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot, malbec and merlot. In a good year like this one, it offers some of the best value classy red wine going around. This is as good as any in this line. Plush red fruit of tremendous intensity. A firm core of…
Moss Wood 2022 Amy’s – Ray Jordan, Liquor Barons Top 100 Reds
This is a stylish and most elegant blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. There are leafy perfumed notes on the nose, and the power of the Cabernet is supported beautifully by the other Bordeaux varieties. A seamless and refined wine. Cellar: 12 years. July, 2024
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…
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.