Moss Wood 1993 Semillon

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Wine Facts

Harvested: 04/03/1993
Bottled: 18/07/1993
Released: 14/10/1993
Baume: 12.70
Alcohol: 13.00%
Vintage Rating: 10/10

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Tasting Notes

The 1993 is a typical Moss Wood Semillon although it has more power and is a touch more herbaceous than most vintages. It has quite a pungent nose and shows grapefruit and apple characters with hints of figs, quince, gooseberries and some solids from lees aging. The palate is fresh, crisp and clean with a tannic grip and some zingy, lifted acid on a long finish. It has good balance, excellent weight and a pleasing mouthfeel.

Moss Wood 2024 Semillon – Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

The 2024 Semillon was grown in one of the hottest, driest and earliest years in Margaret River’s history, and I expected the palate to clearly reflect that. However, as testament to the detailed viticulture at Moss Wood, the wine is certainly ripe, but t displays none of the breadth or broadness that I was perhaps…

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Moss Wood 2024 Semillon – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot

This vintage reminded the family of 1994/1995, though one suspects much has changed in the meantime. The fruit was whole bunch pressed to stainless steel for fermentation, before bottling. The colour here is a shining pale lemon. This is a slightly grassy style, as Margaret River Sem can sometimes be. There are also pleasing notes…

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Moss Wood 2024 Semillon – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot

A more generously proportioned Moss Wood Semillon with ample nectarine and melon fruit with strong nut kernel accents. Quite textural with creamy acidity that sits well within the overall package, with some more crushed nutty tones to finish. Ready to enjoy now.  

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Moss Wood 2023 Semillon – Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

  The 2023 Semillon hails from a gorgeous season in Margaret River. It was long, mild and dry; it never got too hot, and the gentle rains that occurred were few and far between and well timed. Generally, it was regarded as a stellar vintage. We are only just now starting to see some of…

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Moss Wood 2024 Semillon – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog

Moss Wood Semillon 2024 has lime and lemongrass flavours with subtle texture and complexity. Flavoursome and fruit driven given the absence of oak in the winemaking.  Moss Wood are one of the only winemakers in Margaret River making an age worthy style which they recommend can cellar for up to 30 years.  Hunter Semillon has…

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Moss Wood 2024 Semillon – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine

This is a slightly fuller style than previously. Perhaps a product of the warmer vintage or an indication of a somewhat new direction for the variety. Regardless, it retains the essential linear mouthfeel and intensity of lemon zest and citrus. A crisp zingy acid sustains the long finish—an immediately appealing wine still with cellaring potential.…

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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 since 1984 and 1979, respectively.…

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Moss Wood 2023 Semillon – Stuart Knox, The Real Review

Bright lime and lemon colours shine through the glass. Grapefruit, melon and chopped green herb aromatics. The palate has a tension and drive that instantly draws you in. Citrus fruit and hints of leafy greens add complexity whilst that driving acidity ensures it carries very long and crisp to the end. As it lingers, a…

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Moss Wood 2023 Semillon – Fergal Gleeson, Great Wine Blog

The Moss Wood 2023 Semillon leads with lemon and Granny Smith flavours. Dig a little deeper for fig and nectarine. It’s a riper and fuller bodied expression than Hunter releases. Still has that underlying chalk, dryness and acid line to keep everything tidy. Always highly pointed by wine critics but remains one of the dark…

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Moss Wood 2023 Semillon – Ray Jordan, Ray Jordan Wine

Remains one of my favourite Moss Wood wines, and certainly one of my favourite semillons. And this one from the great ’23 vintage is right up there with anything. It seems a more pungent and intense semillon than previous years and probably a result of the vintage which produced such beautiful fruit intensity. Pure and…

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Moss Wood 2023 Semillon – Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot.com

Immediately engaging thanks to excellent upfront volume of hay and honeydew melon with touches of lanolin which offer an impressive start. It then delivers a nicely textured and weighty expression with finer acidity than usual, but impresses with sheer power and youthful energy. An excellent vintage for this Margaret River classic. December, 2023  

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Moss Wood 2023 Semillon – Ned Goodwin, jamessuckling.com

This is exceptional semillon, made with a stylistic nod to white Grave as much as fealty to Margaret River’s oath of immaculate ripeness, melded to a saline pop of freshness. Full-weighted, yet light on its feet. Some unresolved CO2 is as effective as the drag of acidity in promoting freshness. Accents of cut grass, lemon…

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Moss Wood 2023 Semillon – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

Gee, they’ve turned out an excellent Semillon in 2023. No oak employed here. Ripe green apple, quince, lime leaf, citrus blossom, a little spice and jalapeño. It’s flavoursome, but balanced, with a fine grip, green melon and citrus, arrowroot biscuits, and a bright and long finish offering lime zest and some exotic tropical fruits, maybe…

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Moss Wood 2023 Semillon – Andrew Caillard, Wine Pilot.com – The Vintage Journal

Pale colour. Lifted grassy, lemon curd hint marzipan aromas with hints of aniseed. Attractive lemon curd, tropical fruit marzipan flavours, fine chalky textures, impressive mid-palate volume and well balanced linear fresh acidity. Generous and richly flavoured wine with lovely fruit definition and impact. Delicious to drink now but should keep for a while Drink now…

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Moss Wood 2023 Semillon – Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot.com

Always one of the most exciting West Aussie Semillons and this release is no different. The vintage notes from the team at Moss Wood rave about 2023. Cynics amongst might suggest that these guys really wouldn’t know a poor vintage if they ever had the misfortune to encounter one. It seems that Margaret River is…

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Vintage Notes

The 1993 Semillon is likely to rank with that from the 1985 wine as one of the best vintages of this variety produced at Moss Wood. It's a pity that the November storms cut crop levels by one-third and forced plans to produce the wood-matured Semillon to be abandoned. The 1993 Moss Wood Semillon is quite high in alcohol (at 13%) and about ten per cent higher in acid than normal. Although it is quite closed and has a firm structure, it also has a great deal of power, richness of fruit flavour and an impressive fineness on the palate.

While not as soft and appealing as the 1985 Semillon at the same age because the levels of tannin and acidity are higher, the 1993 will develop more slowly and have even greater cellaring potential.

Cellaring Notes

Because the levels of tannin and acidity are high, the 1993 will develop more slowly and have great cellaring potential.