1991
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View vintage →2012 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon
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Average Critic Score: 95.8/100 based on 4 critic reviews
The 2012 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon is a benchmark release from a high-quality vintage, earning 98 points from James Halliday and 96 from James Suckling.
The high quality vintage shines through this wine, illuminating its intricate multifaceted complexity; almost, but not quite, juicy cassis fruit is swathed in perfectly balanced French oak and gently ripe tannins. The only problem will be keeping your hands off it. - James Halliday, Wine Companion (98 pts)
A cellar-worthy Margaret River cabernet with decades of life ahead.
Critic Reviews
98 Points - James Halliday, Wine Companion
“The high quality vintage shines through this wine, illuminating its intricate multifaceted complexity; almost, but not quite, juicy cassis fruit is swathed in perfectly balanced French oak and gently ripe tannins. The only problem will be keeping your hands off it. Special. (Drink by 2042)”
96 Points - James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com
“A beautifully concentrated bold and ripe nose that has a lot of classy cedary oak and a core of cassis, dark cherry, blueberry and sweet spices, really nicely integrated; some gently earthy notes too. Great definition on the palate, really structured for the long haul. Deep and rich with plum and dark cherry flavors, cassis and mulberry too. Needs time, best from 2020.”
95 Points - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
“A fascinating Moss Wood cabernet. With this 2012, tannin is back in town, assertive now, as if eager to make up for lost time. It tastes of blackcurrant, cranberry, mulberry and smoky cedar, with the prettiness of violets and the sweet surging seduction of redcurrant adding velocity as much as power. It gives the wine an authority that's been missing. (95+ pts)”
94 Points - Josh Raynolds, Vinous
“Brilliant ruby. Powerful, assertively perfumed aromas of fresh black and blue fruits, cured tobacco, cedary oak and potpourri. Sappy, densely packed and energetic on the palate, offering vibrant, spice-tinged cassis and mulberry flavors and an emerging mineral nuance. Finishes alluringly sweet and extremely long, with fine-grained tannins coming up slowly and adding grip.”
Compare vintages
1992
- 91James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
$280.00
Medium to full purple-red; the bouquet is clean, of medium intensity with sweet blackcurrant and redcurrant fruits, and…
Medium to full purple-red; the bouquet is clean, of medium intensity with sweet blackcurrant and redcurrant fruits, and even a touch of violets; gentle oak. Tasted early in its life, and may rate even higher with bottle maturation; medium to full fruit style with good tannins and overall elegance.
View vintage →— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
1994
93.0
Average Critic Rating
- 94James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
- 92Robert M. Parker, Jr., Wine Advocate
$280.00
Strong red-purple; much more concentration and depth than the '93, with dark fruits and gently earthy overtones. The pa…
Strong red-purple; much more concentration and depth than the '93, with dark fruits and gently earthy overtones. The palate confirms the impression of the bouquet, with plenty of weight and power to the blackcurrant fruit and tannins. Subtle oak as always; '94 was a great success for Moss Wood cabernet.
View vintage →— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
1995
95.5
Average Critic Rating
- 96James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
- 95Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
$280.00
Medium to full purple-red; a smooth gently sweet-textured bouquet with that very special character of Moss Wood, a part…
Medium to full purple-red; a smooth gently sweet-textured bouquet with that very special character of Moss Wood, a particular softness which is quite unique. The palate is in precisely the same mould, with soft, luscious mouthfilling blackcurrant and dark chocolate fruit flavours with perfectly integrated and balanced sweet oak. The tannins, likewise, are extraordinarily supple and fine.
View vintage →— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
1996
92.67
Average Critic Rating
- 93James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
- 93Robert M. Parker, Jr., Wine Advocate
- 92Wine Spectator
$280.00
Medium to full red-purple; a concentrated bouquet with soft, berry and earth flavours supported by subtle oak is, like …
Medium to full red-purple; a concentrated bouquet with soft, berry and earth flavours supported by subtle oak is, like the palate, in typical Moss Wood style. The palate has complex yet fine secondary flavours, with earth, berry and chocolate merged with oak and finishing with lingering tannins.
View vintage →— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
1997
88.0
Average Critic Rating
- 89Robert M. Parker, Jr., Wine Advocate
- 88James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
- 87Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
$280.00
This is a beautifully elegant offering.
View vintage →— Robert M. Parker, Jr., Wine Advocate
1998
- 94James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
$295.00
The bouquet offers a complex array of blackberry, earth, spice and oak, the palate powerful savoury/earthy fruit with p…
The bouquet offers a complex array of blackberry, earth, spice and oak, the palate powerful savoury/earthy fruit with persistent tannins, fractionally sweetened by the deft handling of French oak. (Drink by 2013)
View vintage →— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
1999
94.0
Average Critic Rating
- 94Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
- 94Huon Hooke, The Real Review
$295.00
It's a beautiful wine. Complex, silken, syrupy and persistent. Concentrated olive and blackcurrant fruit flavour, match…
It's a beautiful wine. Complex, silken, syrupy and persistent. Concentrated olive and blackcurrant fruit flavour, matched to highlights of gamey, undergrowthy tobacco and an arrestingly tight, tannic finish. It's needs to relax. It needs time for that earthy, gamey richness to flood through the ripe churn of blackcurrant and cedar. (Drink between 2008-2016)
View vintage →— Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
2000
- 96Huon Hooke, The Real Review
$295.00
Very deep, youthful colour presages an impressively young, concentrated, powerful cabernet which displays very ripe fru…
Very deep, youthful colour presages an impressively young, concentrated, powerful cabernet which displays very ripe fruit and tremendous depth of flavour. The tannins are ample and soft, the finish long. There are cedar and roasting-pan complexities in the bouquet and appropriate signs of age development, but the wine has many years ahead of it. A superb and striking cabernet. Drink to 2030.
View vintage →— Huon Hooke, The Real Review
2001
94.25
Average Critic Rating
- 96James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
- 96Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
- 93Josh Raynolds, Vinous
- 92Robert M. Parker, Jr., Wine Advocate
$295.00
Spotlessly clean, this is a gorgeous, silky wine flooded with redcurrant, cassis and blackcurrant fruit in a web of fin…
Spotlessly clean, this is a gorgeous, silky wine flooded with redcurrant, cassis and blackcurrant fruit in a web of fine tannins. Elegance personified, the screwcap guaranteeing a very long life.
View vintage →— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
2002
95.0
Average Critic Rating
- 96Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller Wine
- 95Jeremy Oliver, Oliver's Wines
- 94Tyson Stelzer, tysonstelzer.com
$295.00
A much lighter, more elegant wine than the whopper ’01, this is a beautiful, subtle, cool-year cabernet full of raspber…
A much lighter, more elegant wine than the whopper ’01, this is a beautiful, subtle, cool-year cabernet full of raspberry, mint and cassis flavours, ripe, intense and complete. Good drinking now or in the next 15+ years.
Outstanding.
View vintage →— Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller Wine
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…
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.
View vintage →— Jeremy Oliver, Oliver's Wines
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 …
The newly released Moss Wood cabernet sauvignon 2004 is one of the bigger and more robust Moss Wood cabernets, largely as a result of a very warm period during vintage. The hallmark elegance and supple generosity are still there. Palate is seamless and perfectly balanced with expertly woven oak. You will easily get 20-plus years out of this wine. 5 Stars - Ralph Kyte-Powell, Epicure Uncorked The aristocratic cabernet sauvignon has long been one of Australia's most collectable reds. The '04 continues the pedigree with great purity of cassis-like varietal character, integrated quality oak and a fleshy, multi-layered palate of sustained flavour and balance, underpinned by fine ripe tannins. Classy.
View vintage →— Ray Jordan, The West Australian
2005
97.5
Average Critic Rating
- 98Huon Hooke, The Real Review
- 97 Andrew Graham, Australian Wine Review
$295.00
Deepish red colour with a trace of brick on the rim. The bouquet is smoky, savoury and oak-kissed, with a nutty mellown…
Deepish red colour with a trace of brick on the rim. The bouquet is smoky, savoury and oak-kissed, with a nutty mellowness and an almost pruney tinge. Very powerful, rich, full-bodied and fleshy, with high extract giving terrific textural richness. Long, warming and deeply satisfying.
View vintage →— Huon Hooke, The Real Review
2006
93.33
Average Critic Rating
- 95Bob Campbell, The Real Review
- 93Josh Raynolds, Vinous
- 92Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
$265.00
An elegant rather than blockbuster red with aromatic floral and red berry characters. What it lacks in intensity it mor…
An elegant rather than blockbuster red with aromatic floral and red berry characters. What it lacks in intensity it more than makes up in flavour length. A finely tuned red that achieves a perfect balance of delicate sweet fruit with gently drying tannins. Great potential.
View vintage →— Bob Campbell, The Real Review
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…
This is an outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon from Moss Wood. It is a very complex, multi-faceted nose with blackberry, a touch of cassis, cold tea and cedar. The palate is medium-bodied and beautifully balanced with supple blackberry, bilberry, cedar and espresso, with a slight maltiness coming through on the finish. Real panache and style here. Excellent.
View vintage →— Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
2008
94.0
Average Critic Rating
- 96James Halliday, Wine Companion
- 94Josh Raynolds, Vinous
- 92Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
$265.00
Strong, healthy red-purple; a distinguished vintage for this Margaret River blue blood wine, medium-bodied but with inn…
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)
View vintage →— James Halliday, Wine Companion
2009
93.0
Average Critic Rating
- 95James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
- 91Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
$266.00
Positive red-purple colour; in the mainstream of Moss Wood style: supple, round and impeccably balanced, yet with regal…
Positive red-purple colour; in the mainstream of Moss Wood style: supple, round and impeccably balanced, yet with regal cabernet expression. Small wonder that Moss Wood has one of the most loyal mail/email lists in Australia, and this release will please its followers as much as any prior year. Special.
View vintage →— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
2010
96.0
Average Critic Rating
- 98Bob Campbell, The Real Review
- 97Huon Hooke, The Real Review
- 96James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
- 93Josh Raynolds, Vinous
$266.00
Bright, intense and fruity red with a mix of blackberry, cedar, chocolate and spicy oak flavours. Powerful red that sho…
Bright, intense and fruity red with a mix of blackberry, cedar, chocolate and spicy oak flavours. Powerful red that should age superbly. A strongly varietal Cabernet Sauvignon deserving classic status
View vintage →— Bob Campbell, The Real Review
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…
Very impressive Cabernet - both in terms of concentration and complexity. Layers of dark berry flavours with spice/anise, cedar and vanilla. The texture is rich and mouth-filling. Sweet ripe tannins add structure and no doubt promote longevity without forming a barrier to flavour even at a young stage.
View vintage →— Bob Campbell, The Real Review
2012
95.75
Average Critic Rating
- 98James Halliday, Wine Companion
- 96James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com
- 95Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
- 94Josh Raynolds, Vinous
$220.00
The high quality vintage shines through this wine, illuminating its intricate multifaceted complexity; almost, but not …
The high quality vintage shines through this wine, illuminating its intricate multifaceted complexity; almost, but not quite, juicy cassis fruit is swathed in perfectly balanced French oak and gently ripe tannins. The only problem will be keeping your hands off it. Special. (Drink by 2042)
— James Halliday, Wine Companion
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, …
Hand-picked, destemmed to open fermenters with cultured yeast, 7 days fermentation and 7 days post-ferment maceration, matured for 28 months in French barriques (30% new). A powerful, full-bodied cabernet that still manages to achieve finesse thanks to the perfect balance of fruit, oak and tannins. An autocratic portrait of cabernet, and of photographic reality.
View vintage →— James Halliday, Wine Companion
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…
This is such a classic Moss Wood. As elegant and stylishly poised as any I have tasted through the years. Red berry and violets, with distinctive mulberry and cedar perfumes on the nose and that little oak influence. Such gorgeous perfume, which really makes this wine. The palate is balanced and refined with an elegance you only get in the very best of these wines. Wonderful integration of fine-grained, understated oak and fine, chalky tannins. Almost impossible to fault. A truly great wine and the best ever to come out of this magical region. Alcohol: 14%; Best Drinking: 2020-2050. 100 Best Australian Wines for 2017 - Matthew Jukes The Grand Vin is a very imposing wine with a flavour that drills down deep into the soul of this noble grape variety. Texturally, this is one of the most satisfying Moss Wood Cabernets I can recall. The traction on the palate, made up of sooty tannins and epic skins, is thrilling. The finish is certainly youthful but in no way astringent. The nose heralds the way and points to the future for this wine. It will be a slow-burner, with a long life and along this path it will chant the never-ending song of Cabernet.
View vintage →— Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au
2015
95.0
Average Critic Rating
- 97James Halliday, Wine Companion
- 95Josh Raynolds, Vinous
- 93Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
$265.00
The bouquet shows the first signs of development via nuances of spice and earth. The palate is still bracing and fresh,…
The bouquet shows the first signs of development via nuances of spice and earth. The palate is still bracing and fresh, cassis and redcurrant on the same page. These different personas are simply an intermediate stage before the wine moves on to a lingering plateau measured in decades not years. Special. (Drink by 2045)
View vintage →— James Halliday, Wine Companion
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…
Includes 5% petit verdot and 4% cabernet franc, hand-picked, destemmed, open-fermented, 14 days on skins, matured in French barriques (18% new). A luscious, plush cabernet, its voluptuous palate trimmed by dry herbs and foresty notes. A great vintage maximised by the thoughtful vinification. Special. Closure: Screwcap. 14% alcohol. AUD$128 (Drink by 2051)
View vintage →— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
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).…
From 51yo vines, 88/8/4% cabernet sauvignon/petit verdot/cabernet franc. Matured for 29 months in French oak (15% new). The 2017 vintage is responsible for cabernets of incredible poise and layering. This is not a thundering power piece, rather an intricately detailed and mesmerising wine, with fine folds of flavour: bay leaf, raspberry, star anise, sage, hints of fennel, pomegranate and pink peppercorn. This is pure, floral, pretty, and very long. Moss Wood has proven its capability for graceful ageing and this will be no exception. Special. Closure: Screw cap. 14% alcohol. AUD$152 (Drink by 2046)
View vintage →— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
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…
92/4/4% cabernet sauvignon/petit verdot/cabernet franc. Hand picked from 52yo vines, matured for 29 months in French oak (15% new). Rippling layers of flavour and texture here. So long that it carries itself over the palate and through into the finish... what a finish! Pedigree and happenstance have collided to create a legend. The 2018 will go down as one of the greatest Moss Wood cabernets ever made, alongside the 2001. Special. Closure: Screw cap. 14.5% alcohol. AUD$160 (Drink by 2061)
View vintage →— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
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…
There's as much a Moss Wood DNA thumbprint as a regional one here. This shows off violets, cedary/toasty oak (thankfully not too much), chocolate and a slight ironstone character. Fuller bodied yet the palate is smooth and contained with fine-grained, almost silky tannins, plus dabs of sweet mulberries and blackberries with refreshing acidity tying everything together. Rather lovely now but will garner more complexity in time. Closure: Screw cap. 14% alcohol. (Drink by 2041)
View vintage →— James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
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…
I taste in batches of six, pouring each glass, gassing the bottles and working my way through the flight. Today, this 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon was poured in glass number five, and so it has had some time to breathe. Upon pouring, the nose was so abundantly, luxuriatingly steeped in graphite, fresh lead pencil (a smell so potent and specific and good), forest floor and pure, summer raspberry. After 20 minutes or so in the glass, the oak has begun to recede, and the fruit is swelling up. The 2022 season in Margaret River was warm, dry and early, and the quality of the Cabernets (particularly) was stellar. While the oak is a feature at this stage, the fruit is so sensationally poised and powerful that this will be a super superstar in the decades to come. This is one of Australia's most collected/cellared premium wines for a reason. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
View vintage →— Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
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…
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. This is brilliance. High-end florals on the nose with traces of violet, red currant, and then on the palate, that beautiful, restrained suppleness that deceived so many people in the early years of Moss Wood reveals itself, and yet as always, there's a deep and lingering intensity that persists through to an exceptionally long finish.
This is simply stunning. I do not believe there has been a better Moss Wood.
View vintage →— Ray Jordan, rayjordan.com.au
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Delivery & collection
- Free local delivery - with no minimum order, Full delivery details.
- Postcodes 6008, 6009, 6010, 6011, 6012, 6014, 6015, 6156, 6157, 6158 and 6159.
- Free click and collect from 12 Station Street, Cottesloe. Orders placed before 12pm are usually ready the same day.
- Australia-wide: $20 flat rate with Australia Post, or Express from $75.
Wine Details & Information
Vintage: 2012
Varietal / Style:Cabernet Sauvignon
Producer:Moss Wood
Country:Australia
Region: Margaret River, Western Australia
Bottle size (ml):750ml
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