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Margaret River

Red Blend

This is a grenache shiraz mataro blend. Grenache and mataro are from Frankland and the shiraz from Montague. It's soft and supple with minimal oak influence. They were fermented separately and matured in French for eight months. The new French gives it just a little lift. Has some nice spice with a little cinnamon and subtle black pepper. The acid...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A firm and still quite tight cabernet, which has the breeding and essential pieces to handle extended cellaring. A graphite seashell minerality tends to dominate with a bay leaf addition on the nose. Not excessive, but at the moment it provides the delightful aromatics. The palate is still tightly wound with a firm core of oak and tannin clutching feverishly...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A powerful statement of Margaret River with the oak and tannin integration very good. It's cabernet with 9% malbec and gets 44% new French oak. It matured for 20 months in oak, yet the oak has been completely integrated into the palate. The tannins are quite sinewy and there's a slightly dried bay leaf and herb character lurking. This mostly...

Great Southern

Red Blend

This is a racy little blend of cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, and merlot. Revealing an engaging combination of dark plum and blackberry on the nose. While the medium bodied palate delivers soft, supple, yet still generous fruit flavours, supported with a neat touch of oak and refined tannins. Ideal as an immediate drinking wine.

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

This is a lovely fruit-driven style of pinot noir, with bright red fruits showing primary notes of wild strawberry and raspberry, and just a faint hint of sour cherry. The texture is fine and quite delicate, yet there is a deep intensity here as it wraps up with subtle oak, fine tannins, and a nice acidity to harness and carry...

Great Southern

Riesling

This is a slightly riper and more generous style of riesling, especially on the nose, where you pick up more opulent notes of stone fruit and a little honey-like nectar. Yet the palate tightens up as it should, revealing a minerally, spicy character, with citrus tangs building. It has a fine talcy acidity and the flavour and palate are long....

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

The colour is a palish crimson garnet. The nose is exotically perfumed, with a violet, dark cherry combination and a little raspberry red fruitiness. The palate, though of light body, has excellent structure, with a core of fine, ever so slightly firm tannins and some neatly infused oak, handling the intensity of the fruit admirably. There's a slightly dry savouriness...

Great Southern

Shiraz

The first thing you notice is the colour, almost inky black and dark plummy. The nose is equally intense, loaded with a rich mix of blackberry, dark plum, a little cocoa, and just a faint suggestion of toasty oak. The palate is a sumptuous feast of goodies, flush with black fruits, a little spice and black pepper, and just the...

Great Southern

Shiraz

Smooth and effortlessly presented medium bodied cool climate shiraz. Loads of peppery dried herb fragrances float across the mix of mulberry and dark plum. The slightly chalky limestone acidity on the finish helps hold the line with precision.

Great Southern

Cabernet Sauvignon

A refined and delightfully poised medium bodied cabernet displaying many of the attractive features of a cool climate in a cooler season. Lift of red berry and muted blackcurrant with a little chocolaty mulberry nuanced complexity. A stylish wine for medium term cellaring.

Great Southern

Shiraz

This warmer vintage, which was tempered ever so slightly by the southern location, has produced a quite beautiful example of cool climate shiraz. The colour is deep and dark, with reddy black hues. The nose is beautifully fruity, with a plummy, black pepper and slightly licorice character. And then the palate kicks into gear with rich, lavish flavours, dark chocolate,...

Great Southern

Chardonnay

These lighter bodied elegant and quite delicate chardonnays have been very good from Monty's Leap. This is certainly delicate but 100% barrel fermentation with about 25% new and time on lees has produced a textured fine chardonnay with a beautifully defined palate. Nectarine and other stone fruits with a light buttery cashew character are lifted by a saline acidity.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

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 to a long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Blend

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 tannin and oak holds it firm as the succulent fruit...

Margaret River

Red Blend

One of the most popular of all the Moss Wood wines. It comes from the Glenmore vineyard a little further north and is a cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec and petit verdot blend. Every year it hits the mark with its delivery of beautiful, rich fruit character. Blackcurrant and dark chocolate on the nose, and a succulent and lavish palate that...

Margaret River

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

This is the second release of this wine, which was introduced when Moss Wood decided to move its semillon into a cellar release with five years of age. It’s Moss Wood semillon and Ribbon Vale sauvignon blanc, with a little barrel fermentation and maturation. This is an SSB with class. The nutty, lightly fruity aromas and flavours are exquisitely presented,...

Margaret River

Pinot Noir

So this is a wine that's been sourced from further south at Karridale, a region that is far cooler than the Wilyabrup sub-region of Moss Wood. Outremont is French for "another way", and that explains Moss Wood's sourcing of pinot from another region. There's a beautiful perfumed red fruit aroma, cherry, and subtle red fruits. The palate is vibrant with...

Margaret River

Semillon

A style of wine you seldom see in WA, let alone in Margaret River. It's a sweet dessert style wine but it has been made in a way that controls the palate, so it remains deep and sweet yet never becomes cloying. Retains a fresh zingy acidity. Distinctive aromas of orange peel and marmalade, honey and a little butterscotch with...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another simply sublime edition of this great wine. The volume of fruit was down almost 60% but the small berry influence has added even more intensity and depth, if that is possible with this wine. Interesting point of difference is that the combination is slightly different from previous vintages with 90% cabernet sauvignon, 3% cabernet franc and 7% petit verdot....

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

One of Australia’s great cabernets. This from a cooler season highlights and accentuates the typical bright red fruits and blue fruit mix, especially on the nose. It’s aromatic and perfumed with an African violet scent. The palate as always is so exquisitely balanced and refined. Since 1989 the cabernet has been augmented with the floral bright fruit of cabernet franc...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This was a very good vintage in Margaret River after the slightly more challenging ’21. This has the refined elegance and prettiness that is the Moss Wood DNA. The colour is quite pale compared to some previous vintages, but don’t be fooled into thinking this is some shrinking violet. Violets, yes, but plenty more in an engine room that is...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

I've been waiting for this wine to be released for some time. I had great expectation that this wonderful vineyard from this exceptional vintage would produce something equally exceptional. Well, guess what? It has. This is such a beautiful example of what Moss Wood cabernet is all about. There's nothing big and brutish here. This is elegance. This is precision....

Margaret River

Chardonnay

Another cracking good chardonnay from Moss Wood. The aroma is immediately engaging with a floral lemon scent and a slight vanilla bean essence. Subtle cut lime and pear edge into add some further complexity. The palate is a powerful statement with a deeply intense creamy stone fruit and edgy lemon rind combination working together. Gathers momentum towards a long finish.

Margaret River

Chardonnay

One of the best chardies yet from Moss Wood, and that’s saying something with the quality of wines over the years. The nose is an immediately captivating combo of lemon curd, quince and cashew with just a subtle lift of zest. The palate has a sprightly energy with a crisp chalky acidity sustaining and focussing through to a very long...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

One of Margaret River’s benchmark chardonnays, and this release from a warm vintage is exceptional. It's fine and delicately poised, yet with regional DNA driving it through to a powerful, sustained finish. Aromas of lemon meringue, brioche and light florals lead into a palate of chalky, savoury elements alongside vanillin and lemony notes. Fine, precise acidity lifts the flavours through...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A most elegant and, at the same time, powerful chardonnay from a vintage which produced – well – elegance and power. Aromas of savoury lemon nuances with subtle butterscotch and marzipan character. The palate is texturally pleasing, with a deep and concentrated core that drives with urgency through to a very long finish. Lovely mix of stone fruit with savoury...

Margaret River

Pinot Noir

This cooler vintage was ideal for pinot from this part of Margaret River. Perfumed and highly scented aromas of strawberry and sour cherry with a slightly truffly influence. The velvety palate captures that iron fist in a velvet varietal character. Smooth and seamless with a gossamer like sheen. Beautiful.

Margaret River

Pinot Noir

Pinot in Margaret River remains an enigma. Yet when you get good years it works well. The generosity of the ’22 vintage is captured in this pretty and powerful pinot. Wild raspberry and cherry notes with a subtle spice. The palate is deeply intense but delivers a light effortless touch. A firm core of fine acid and tannin treads deep...

Margaret River

Pinot Noir

This is one of the finest pinot noirs yet from Moss Wood, delivering a wine of subtlety and power in equal measure. The vintage contributed vibrant colour, floral, cherry and raspberry aromatics, and a sublimely textured, finely integrated palate. Fine acidity and chalkiness complement the bright red fruits, capturing what pinot is all about. A terrific example of the variety...

Margaret River

Pinot Noir

The first Moss Wood wine I ever tasted was a pinot back in 1981, so I have always had a soft spot for it. This fits snugly into the Moss Wood style, with plenty of generous, bright red fruit character on the nose and then delivered with a burst on the palate. Typically bright, with a lustrous energy evident in...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another stunner from the 2020 vintage. This vintage shows slightly more sweet fruit than some previously, yet the firm tannin core remains a structural feature that is part vineyard and part season. Plenty of dark fruits woven with a trace of black olives, bay leaf and oyster shell minerality. So balanced and expressive with an effortlessly long finish.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

This is one of the best cabernets yet released from this vineyard. It’s a gracefully presented wine of elegance and poise from the fine chalky tannins through to the energised finish. Blackcurrant and savoury plum notes with a light bay leaf and black olive nuance. The palate is so tightly knit with the fine tannins and fine-grained oak harmonised and...

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A superb release and possibly the best Ribbon Vale cabernet yet. This is an elegant, medium-bodied wine with purpose and drive, showing lifted red fruits and subtle leafiness on the nose. The palate is bright and energetic, with oak and tannins seamlessly integrated into the fruit to create precision and focus. A first-rate Margaret River cabernet.

Margaret River

Cabernet Sauvignon

A wine that simply oozes cabernet. So much work has gone into this vineyard over the years and it is now reaping the rewards. Bright, leafy red berry notes on the nose, with a palate that is seamlessly medium-bodied yet with a succulent core of concentrated dark fruits. It’s brilliant and so bright, with a palate supported by chalky tannins...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This is a decidedly fresh and fragrant chardonnay that provides quite a point of difference to the standard Moss Wood. It's made in exactly the same way yet the Ribbon Vale vineyard speaks its individuality. It's flavoursome with light stone fruit and a more subtle creamy vanilla bean character. The palate is generous and full, yet the nectarine and lime...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

A recent addition to the Moss Wood portfolio showing the great strides that have been taken in managing the Ribbon Vale vineyard. This is probably the best release yet. It was a superb season and its shows in a wine of elegance and refinement, yet with layered complexity and sophistication. Nice lemon scents yield to more lemon zest flavours with...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

The warmer vintage is certainly reflected immediately in the bright golden colour. This is a rich and textured chardonnay from the Ribbon Vale vineyard. Honeycomb and light cereal characters emerge on the nose and palate. There’s an underlying savouriness that sustains through to the very long finish. Beautifully balanced with a crisp acidity controlling the finish. The higher altitude vineyard...

Margaret River

Chardonnay

This vineyard has really been turning out some quite marvellous wines in recent years. It took a bit of work, but the results are in the bottle. This is a beautiful, vibrant, lively chardonnay with that subtle degree of complexity complementing the natural fruit characters. Nutty lemon curd and deeper stone fruit characters on the nose. And yet on the...

Margaret River

Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon blanc that takes you into another zone. Full malolactic fermentation contributes to its rich generous creamy texture while the use of oak, with about 6% new, adds a defining lift through the palate. The nose offers all manner of things from melon, spices and pear with a varietal gooseberry note. On the palate you get into even more, with...

Margaret River

White Blend

This intriguing interpretation of a sauvignon blanc dominant wine was introduced just a few years ago. I have loved it from the start. Has about 10 per cent semillon in it, but it is the savvy which really dominates. There are the usual tropical, guava and slightly passionfruit lemony characters of sauvignon blanc but then other secondary characters of spices...