2003 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon

  • 2003 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon – Margaret River
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Average Critic Score: 94.5/100

"Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the blue blood classics of Australia. Regardless of the vintage conditions, they are a pleasure to drink at almost any stage of their development."  James Halliday

Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon is one of Australia's iconic wines anddeservedly fits in the Exceptional category of Langton's Classification of Australian Wine. Handcrafted by Keith & Clare Mugford and their team, the wine is the very definition of power and elegance. Moss Wood is located in the Wilyabrup sub-region in the heart of Margaret River and the  Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from the estate vineyard first planted in 1969 with the famed Houghton clone.

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Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2003, Margaret River. Somehow, Moss Wood captures more fleshy smoothness and suppleness than other Margaret River makers. It’s chocolatey and lush in dark-fruit cabernet flavours, while the structure is deep, dense and sumptuous.

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Critic Reviews

96 Points - Jeremy Oliver, Oliver's Wines

“Luxuriantly smooth, this deeply fragrant, firmly structured, plush and seamless wine marries deep, ripe fruit with superb oak and tannin. Its heady bouquet of cassis, dark plums, blueberries and plain chocolate overlies assertive cedar/vanilla oak, with nuances of forest floor. Steeped in sumptuous cassis and dark cherry-like flavour, the palate has a plumpness and richness of fruit tightly interwoven with cedar/dark chocolate oak and a powdery spine of drying tannin. There's a hint of confiture about the fruit, while it finishes very slightly spirity, with lingering nuances of dark olives.”

93 Points - Jamie Goode, The Wine Anorak

“This is normally 95% Cabernet with some Petit Verdot, Merlot and Cabernet Franc making up the blend. Smooth, dark, rich elegant nose of cassis with a touch of chocolate. Concentrated, pure fruit on the palate, which is elegantly rich, with the primary fruit complemented by spiciness and savoury structure. Serious.”

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2000

  • 96Huon Hooke, The Real Review

$298.00

Very deep, youthful colour presages an impressively young, concentrated, powerful cabernet which displays very ripe fru…

— Huon Hooke, The Real Review

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2002

95.0 Average Critic Rating
  • 96Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller Wine
  • 95Jeremy Oliver, Oliver's Wines
  • 94Tyson Stelzer

$350.00

A much lighter, more elegant wine than the whopper ’01, this is a beautiful, subtle, cool-year cabernet full of raspber…

— Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller Wine

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2003

94.5 Average Critic Rating
  • 96Jeremy Oliver, Oliver's Wines
  • 93Jamie Goode, The Wine Anorak

$350.00

Luxuriantly smooth, this deeply fragrant, firmly structured, plush and seamless wine marries deep, ripe fruit with supe…

— Jeremy Oliver, Oliver's Wines

2004

95.5 Average Critic Rating
  • 96Ray Jordan, The West Australian
  • 95James Halliday, Wine Companion

$280.00

The newly released Moss Wood cabernet sauvignon 2004 is one of the bigger and more robust Moss Wood cabernets, largely …

— Ray Jordan, The West Australian

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2005

97.5 Average Critic Rating
  • 98Huon Hooke, The Real Review
  • 97 Andrew Graham, Australian Wine Review

$350.00

Deepish red colour with a trace of brick on the rim. The bouquet is smoky, savoury and oak-kissed, with a nutty mellown…

— Huon Hooke, The Real Review

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2007

95.0 Average Critic Rating
  • 95Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
  • 95Huon Hooke, The Real Review

$275.00

This is an outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon from Moss Wood. It is a very complex, multi-faceted nose with blackberry, a t…

— Neal Martin, Wine Advocate

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2011

95.7 Average Critic Rating
  • 96Bob Campbell, The Real Review
  • 96James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
  • 95Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate

$325.00

Very impressive Cabernet - both in terms of concentration and complexity. Layers of dark berry flavours with spice/anis…

— Bob Campbell, The Real Review

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2013

96.7 Average Critic Rating
  • 97James Halliday, Wine Companion
  • 97Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review
  • 96James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

$275.00

Hand-picked, destemmed to open fermenters with cultured yeast, 7 days fermentation and 7 days post-ferment maceration, …

— James Halliday, Wine Companion

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2014

97.3 Average Critic Rating
  • 99Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au
  • 97Jane Faulkner, Wine Companion
  • 96James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

$275.00

This is such a classic Moss Wood. As elegant and stylishly poised as any I have tasted through the years. Red berry and…

— Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au

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2016

98.7 Average Critic Rating
  • 99James Halliday, Wine Companion
  • 99Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au
  • 98Huon Hooke, The Real Review

$245.00

Includes 5% petit verdot and 4% cabernet franc, hand-picked, destemmed, open-fermented, 14 days on skins, matured in Fr…

— James Halliday, Wine Companion

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2017

96.3 Average Critic Rating
  • 96James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
  • 97Bob Campbell, The Real Review
  • 96Erin Larkin, Wine Companion

$195.00

Very attractive aromas of blue fruit, as well as red cherries and redcurrants with cedary, savory nuances, stones, flow…

— James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

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2018

99.0 Average Critic Rating
  • 100Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
  • 99Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
  • 98Erin Larkin, Wine Companion

$245.00

Can a Cabernet be any finer, better structured and more engaging? This gloriously composed wine shows crème de cassis, …

— Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

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2021

97.0 Average Critic Rating
  • 98Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au
  • 97Tyson Stelzer, rayjordan.com.au
  • 97Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
  • 96Jane Faulkner, Wine Companion

$142.00

One of Australia’s great cabernets. This from a cooler season highlights and accentuates the typical bright red fruits …

— Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au

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2022

97.67 Average Critic Rating
  • 98Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au
  • 98Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
  • 97Andrew Caillard, The Vintage Journal

$159.00

This was a very good vintage in Margaret River after the slightly more challenging ’21. This has the refined elegance a…

— Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au

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2023

97.0 Average Critic Rating
  • 99Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au
  • 99Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
  • 99Marc Malouf , Wine Worth Writing About

$165.00

I've been waiting for this wine to be released for some time. I had great expectation that this wonderful vineyard from…

— Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au

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Wine Details & Information

Vintage: 2003

Varietal / Style: Cabernet Sauvignon

Producer: Moss Wood

Country: Australia

Region: Margaret River

Bottle size (ml): 750ml