Huon Hooke 96 points!
Campbell Mattinson 96 points!
Tyson Stelzer 97 points!
'This will go down as one of the great Cabernets. Incredible purity of black currant fruit, capsicum, leaf and dark chocolate. Brilliant spice and herbal nuances. Fine, velvety, mouth coating. This is a Moss Wood at a new altitude.'
97 Points - Tyson Stelzer - June 2008
'This is a blinder. It's unmistakably cabernet, unmistakably Australian, and unmistakably Margaret River. It smells and tastes of violets, blackcurrant, chocolate, briar and mulberries, the mix of fruit, oak and autumnal/leafy characters perfectly matched and pitched. It works as an elegant wine and it works as a ballsy, fruit-solid wine. It works at the dinner table, and by itself. It has smooth texture and real length, and should drink well either now or whenever you want to drink it. One of the best Moss Wood cabernets I have consumed.'
Drink: 2009-2021. 96 points. Campbell Mattinson
'The Wine of the Week concept involves a value-for-money consideration, so reviewing such an expensive wine here is indulgent. But I feel moved to make a statement. This is my idea of a beautiful red wine. It's an essay in elegance and harmony: the flavours build on the palate the more you sip and the wine continues to give more, whereas many modern reds pall rapidly. Perfectly ripened fruit yields aromas of raspberry, blackberry and a subtle trace of mint (of which less is more). It strikes a perfect balance between concentration and restraint, resulting in elegance and intensity, with none of the syrupy, over-alcoholic or extracted mouth-feel of many mod-Oz cabernets. This is cabernet I want to drink, either today, in 25 years, or any time in between. It has 14 per cent alcohol.'
96/100 Wine of the Week Huon Hooke' SMH
'This is easily the best since the mighty 2001 vintage. The oak is less obvious and it's more refined and balanced (and less warm and chocolaty) than some of the more recent vintages. I tasted it alongside the soon to be released Vasse Felix Heytesbury of the same year, and while they are quite different wines and hard to separate qualitatively, it was the svelte charm of the Moss Wood that tipped the scale. A style preference in more ways than one. A gorgeous smelling wine that immediately pulls at the purse strings of the Cabernet enthusiast - it offers mulberry and dark fruit, a violet perfume, spice, fine cedar oak and that gravel and wet cement aromatic that is so typical of the region (at least for me). In the mouth quiet authority and grace is the order of the day with ultra fine mouth coating tannins, ripe fruit, oak and alcohol all in perfect balance. It's appropriately dry and savoury but not at the expense of bright fresh Cabernet fruit flavours. Long and satisfying this is a wine of rare balance and significant ageing potential. Certainly one of the finest Moss Wood releases to date.'
Rated : 96 Points Alcohol : 14% Price : $100 Closure : Screwcap Drink : 2015 - 2025+ Gary Walsh The Wine Front
'The best young Moss Wood Cabernet in years has an ethereal Latour-shaped bouquet and an impeccably concentrated palate. Dark berry and chocolate flavours ride a backbone of tannin that effuses out of its core in every direction, demanding at least a decade in the cellar. It is vintages like this that give Moss Wood in the top branch of Australia's Cabernet tree '
96 Points - Nick Stock - May 2008
'The density of Cabernet fruit in Moss Wood 2005 is truly staggering, but none of this power is misplaced, 'hot' or oaky - it is just introverted and brooding. With vigorous swirling you may encourage fragments of this wine to dislodge themselves from the mother ship and it is these tiny morsels that point to an epic future and some stunning evolution along the way.'
Matthew Jukes 100 Best Australian Wines 2008
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'Top maker + excellent vintage + outstanding wine. There's rich dark berry and blackcurrant fruit on the nose and palate with fine firm tannins and integrated oak on the complex palate. It's surprisingly approachable now, particularly with roast leg of lamb, but it should mature in the bottle for at least 10 years and probably longer. Try Wine emporium Fortitude Valley, Cru Bar Fortitude Valley or Vintage Cellar outlets.'
Rating: 95 points Mike Frost The Courier Mail
Country:
Australia
Region:
WA- Margaret River
Variety:
Wine Red - Cabernet
Size:
750mL
