2016 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon

  • 2018 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon – Margaret River
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Moss Wood

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Average Critic Score: 96.0/100

'99 Points - James Halliday - Wine Companion

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.

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Critic Reviews

99 Points - James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion

“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)”

95 Points - James Suckling, James Suckling

“This is a fragrant and fresh Moss Wood with sage and bay leaf aromas, laced through red plums, cherries and redcurrants. The oak registers in a cedary and spiced-chocolate layer and is well integrated. The palate casts a long, sleek shape with quite assertive tannins, carrying fresh and concentrated red plums and cherries in an integrated style. A blend of 91% cabernet sauvignon, 5% petit verdot and 4% cabernet franc. Approachable now, but best from 2026. Screw cap.”

94 Points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

“Tasted blind at the Cape Mentelle International Cabernet Celebration, though posted now to fill in the gaps for the search function. I'll publish a note on the 2017 presently. GW: A bit toasty and charred, some mint, dark berry fruit, chalky tannin, feels kind of rugged and slightly warm, acidity solid but not so settled. Good wine, perhaps not a great one. 93 points MB: Ripe forest berries, a touch of vanilla, sweet spice scents. Fleshy and pulpy to taste, sweet berried, some vanilla cream, good tug of light tannin helping build shape around the thick juiciness. Warm, full figured Cabernet done well here. 94 points (Drink between 2024-2036)”

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2000

  • 96Huon Hooke, The Real Review

$350.00

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

$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

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2004

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

$350.00

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

$350.00

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

$350.00

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

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

$245.00

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

2017

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

$195.00

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

$245.00

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

$142.00

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

$159.00

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

$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: 2016

Varietal / Style: Cabernet Sauvignon

Producer: Moss Wood

Country: Australia

Region: Margaret River

Bottle size (ml): 750ml