Moss Wood 2023 Amy’s
| Wine Facts | |
|---|---|
| Median Harvest Date | 20th April, 2023 |
| Median Harvest Ripeness | 13.2°Be |
| Blend | 83% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Merlot 6% Malbec 6% Petit Verdot |
| Bottling date | 1st July, 2024 |
| Alcohol | 14.0 % |
Wine Facts
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Median Harvest date
20th April, 2023
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Median Harvest Ripeness
13.2°Be
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Blend
83% Cabernet Sauvignon
5% Merlot
6% Malbec
6% Petit Verdot -
Bottling date
1st, July 2024
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Alcohol
14.0%
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…
Moss 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,…
Moss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog
Amy’s 2024 is Moss Wood’s well-known Cabernet blend: 72% Cabernet Sauvignon with roughly equal parts Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. It bursts with juicy freshness, offering red and black fruits along with tapenade. It finishes with satisfying Cabernet markers of tea, tobacco and leather. November, 2025
Moss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
It’s a bold and fruit forward wine offering blackberry, raspberry, dark chocolate, liquorice and a dried flower perfume. It’s fleshy and juicy in black fruit, mocha richness, a grainy grip to tannin, acidity is balanced, maybe has some orange nip to it, and finishes earthy, with a slight chicory bitterness,…
Moss Wood 2024 Amy’s – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Deep dark purple-red; intense, essency cassis, dark plum, violets and toasty oak on the nose, the palate succulent and fruit-sweet, with almost lush presence and a touch of graphitey tannin on the finish. Full bodied, rich and ripe—an almost opulent wine. A little more time will soften it further. November,…
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,…
Moss 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,…
Moss Wood 2023 Amy’s – James Suckling
Perfumed, deeply brooding and floral aromas of crushed blackberries, raspberries, dark cherries and potpourri with blueberry compote, baking spices, bitter chocolate and violets. The medium-bodied palate has a silky texture, finely tuned tannins and real depth of fruit with mineral notes and a vibrant finish. A blend of 75% cabernet…
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,…
PRODUCTION NOTES
The fruit was hand-picked and delivered to the winery, where it was hand-sorted and destemmed. The must was then pumped into stainless steel closed fermenters and inoculated for primary fermentation. During primary fermentation, pump-overs were conducted 3 times per day to enhance colour and flavour extraction. Once primary fermentation was
complete the wine was pressed and then transferred to 228L French Oak Barriques, none of which were new. Malolactic fermentation was conducted in barrel after which, the wine was racked into tank; blended,
analysed and finally, returned to barrel and aged for 18 months. In June of 2024, the wine was racked from barrel to tank and blended. Fining trials were conducted to assess tannin balance. On the 1st of July 2024, the 2023 Moss Wood Amy’s was sterile filtered and bottled.
TASTING NOTES
Colour and Condition:
Deep brick red; bright condition.
Nose:
Dominated by bright aromas of cherry chocolate, blueberry, blackberry, marshmallows and rose. In the back ground there are tarry and cedar notes and toasted oak.
Palate:
Carrying over from the nose the blueberries and red currants are immediately apparent. The firm tannin structure is accented nicely by the generosity contributed by the medium-full body of the mid-palate. The acidity has a gentle linearity which pairs nicely with the texture derived from the French Oak. The vibrancy and liveliness of the fruit weight makes
this wine very appealing and should be enjoyed while in its youth.
CELLARING
The Amy’s was made in a youthful fruit-forward style that is very approachable as a young wine. The tannin structure was well-balanced and does not need an extended aging period in bottle.