2008 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon

  • 2008 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon - Margaret River
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Moss Wood

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Average Critic Score: 94.0/100

The 2008 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon earned 96 points from James Halliday and 94 from Josh Raynolds (Vinous), a distinguished release from this Margaret River blue-blood estate.

A distinguished vintage for this Margaret River blue blood wine, medium-bodied but with innate complexity; fine savoury tannins run through the black fruits and cassis of the palate, putting structure in place so subtly you can barely notice it. - James Halliday, Wine Companion (96 pts)

Built for the cellar and drinking well now, with years of development ahead.

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Critic Reviews

96 Points - James Halliday, Wine Companion

“Strong, healthy red-purple; a distinguished vintage for this Margaret River blue blood wine, medium-bodied but with innate complexity; fine savoury tannins run through the black fruits and cassis of the palate, putting structure in place so subtly you can barely notice it, nor the length of the palate. Special. (Drink by 2028)”

94 Points - Josh Raynolds, Vinous

“Vivid ruby. Intensely perfumed nose offers a heady bouquet of spicy cherry and cassis, with exotic floral and mineral notes adding complexity. Pliant dark berry and candied cherry flavors possess excellent depth and show a measured sweetness. Finishes with superb lift and cut, leaving floral and spice notes behind.”

92 Points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

“Resinous oak, beef stock, black fruit, chocolate and rum and raisin characters on a full bodied palate that's throbbing with power and weight. The quality of tannin is exemplary, ripe and minerally, as is the length. There's latent power here certainly. Like the 2001 vintage, time should be kind to it. (92+ pts)”

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2000

  • 96Huon Hooke, The Real Review

$265.00

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, tysonstelzer.com

$265.00

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

$265.00

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

— Jeremy Oliver, Oliver's Wines

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2004

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

$265.00

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

$265.00

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

$246.00

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

$220.00

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

$265.00

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

$266.00

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

96.0 Average Critic Rating
  • 99James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
  • 95James Suckling, James Suckling
  • 94Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

$265.00

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

— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion

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2017

95.0 Average Critic Rating
  • 96James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
  • 96James Suckling, James Suckling
  • 93Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

$265.00

From 51yo vines, 88/8/4% cabernet sauvignon/petit verdot/cabernet franc. Matured for 29 months in French oak (15% new).…

— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion

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2018

96.0 Average Critic Rating
  • 98James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
  • 96James Suckling, James Suckling
  • 94Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

$266.00

92/4/4% cabernet sauvignon/petit verdot/cabernet franc. Hand picked from 52yo vines, matured for 29 months in French oa…

— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion

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2021

94.0 Average Critic Rating
  • 96James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
  • 94Angus Hughson, Vinous
  • 92Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
  • 96Jane Faulkner, Wine Companion

$127.00

There's as much a Moss Wood DNA thumbprint as a regional one here. This shows off violets, cedary/toasty oak (thankfull…

— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion

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2022

96.0 Average Critic Rating
  • 97Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
  • 96Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
  • 96James Suckling, James Suckling
  • 95Angus Hughson, Vinous

$129.00

I taste in batches of six, pouring each glass, gassing the bottles and working my way through the flight. Today, this 2…

— Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate

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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

$153.00

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: 2008

Varietal / Style: Cabernet Sauvignon

Producer: Moss Wood

Country: Australia

Region: Margaret River

Bottle size (ml): 750ml