The Benchmark Estate Meets a Landmark Vintage.
- 2023 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon Launch
“This is simply stunning. I do not believe there has been a better Moss Wood.”
- Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
“The great 2023 vintage strikes again. Is this the best wine Moss Wood has ever made?”
- Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
“The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon is extraordinary…. Get your hands on it, any way you can.”
- Angus Hughson, The Wine Pilot
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To understand where the 2023 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon sits, it helps to see it in context..
This six-vintage vertical of Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon does exactly that.
2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2017 | 2013 | 2001
…alongside Moss Wood’s range of quality new & current releases…
“The Moss Wood and Mugford names are synonymous with uncompromising quality. The cabernets are sublime with a global reputation almost without equal.” - Ray Jordan
Sunday May 3rd
The Moss Wood Launch | Sunday Event Sessions
Lunch:12–3pm | 14 wines and 5 courses | $285
Masterclass: 4–6pm | 14 wines and Kate Lamont nibbles | $185
Dinner: 6.30–9.30pm | 14 wines and 5 courses | $285
Want more Moss Wood or can’t make Sunday’s events? View our Moss Wood Launch events on Monday May 4th here.
The Cabernet & The Critics
99 Points, Ray Jordan, The Wine Pilot
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.
99 Points - Ken Gargett, The Wine Pilot
Deep maroon with a magenta edge, there is such power and finesse in this wine. Balance, length and structure are all world class. A take-me-now-Lord wine if ever there was one.
The great 2023 vintage strikes again. Is this the best wine Moss Wood has ever made? It certainly must come very close.
The nose reveals aromas of cassis, mulberries, plums, charcuterie, cigar boxes and blackberries. The structure is seamless through to the silkiest of tannins. There is great length and persistence here and the balance is knife-edge.
If you doubt me as to the brilliant quality of this wine, please see if you can find a wine from Bordeaux at this price which comes close to this quality. Then we’ll talk.
This is just a cracker. Thirty years standing on its head.
98 Points - Angus Hughson, The Wine Pilot
The 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon is extraordinary.
Tasted first from barrel, it was a picture of restrained power and nothing has changed with seamless and perfectly composed aromas of cassis and red currant with a gentle lining of dried herb.
This is a wine of elegance, pinpoint balance and precision rather than brutish power with firm yet fine tannins beautifully integrated to support a velveteen finish of astounding length.
The purity and energy remains unchanged on day 2 which marks this as an Australian classic in the making.
Get your hands on it, any way you can.
The Wine List & Menu
First Course
Moss Wood Semillon 2024
“This is a slightly fuller style than previously. Perhaps a product of the warmer vintage or an indication of a somewhat new direction for the variety. Regardless, it retains the essential linear mouthfeel and intensity of lemon zest and citrus. A crisp zingy acid sustains the long finish—an immediately appealing wine still with cellaring potential.”
94 Points, Ray Jordan
Moss Wood Amy's Vineyard Cuvée Blanc 2025
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Elsa 2025 (Launch)
Jamon, olives, sourdough
Second Course
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Chardonnay 2025 (Launch)
Moss Wood’s 2025 Ribbon Vale Vintage Report:
“…the season was defined by consistency rather than extremes. Favourable spring conditions established solid yields, followed by a mild summer that allowed for steady, uninterrupted ripening. Rainfall was sufficient to support vine function without compromising concentration, and harvest timings were closely aligned with long-term averages. The wines show good balance and structure, in line with what we would expect from these conditions.”
Moss Wood Chardonnay 2024
“One of Margaret River’s benchmark chardonnays, and this release from a warm vintage is exceptional. It's fine and delicately poised, yet with regional DNA driving it through to a powerful, sustained finish. Aromas of lemon meringue, brioche and light florals lead into a palate of chalky, savoury elements alongside vanillin and lemony notes. Fine, precise acidity lifts the flavours through to the long finish. An outstanding wine.”
97 Points, Ray Jordan
Grilled prawns, tomato and basil salsa
Third Course
Moss Wood Amy's Vineyard 2024
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Merlot 2022
Merlot of the Year, 2026 WA Wine Review
“A lot of work was put into rejuvenating this vineyard when Moss acquired it, and it has certainly paid off handsomely with merlot in particular. It’s now recognised as one of Australia’s consistently best. This is another cracker combining the suppleness of the fruit with power and poise. You are getting a serious red wine here with deeply concentrated fruit impelled through to a very long finish. Firm tannins give this structure.”
96 Points, Ray Jordan
Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Deep, bright youthful purple-red colour with a lovely cassis, mulberry nose of ideally ripened cabernet fruit. The wine is elegant and full-bodied, with richness and flesh, fruit sweetness at the core and plenty of supple, fine-grained, gently persuasive tannins that are perfectly integrated with the fruit. Delicious drinking right now, but surely has many years ahead of it.
97 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
“… For such a youthful cabernet, this is perfectly pitched and composed. A delight to drink now, so I did, all thanks to the neat combo of cassis, mulberries, fresh herbs and oak spices. Nothing out of place. The medium-weighted palate reveals its elegance thanks to fine tannins and a level of detail we come to expect from this producer, and thus not disappointing.”
96 Points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion
Gnocchi, broad beans, lemon, curd
Fourth Course
Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 (Launch)
“…Deep maroon with a magenta edge, there is such power and finesse in this wine. Balance, length and structure are all world class. A take-me-now-Lord wine if ever there was one. The great 2023 vintage strikes again. Is this the best wine Moss Wood has ever made? It certainly must come very close.
The nose reveals aromas of cassis, mulberries, plums, charcuterie, cigar boxes and blackberries. The structure is seamless through to the silkiest of tannins. There is great length and persistence here and the balance is knife-edge. If you doubt me as to the brilliant quality of this wine, please see if you can find a wine from Bordeaux at this price which comes close to this quality. Then we’ll talk. This is just a cracker. Thirty years standing on its head.
99 Points - Ken Gargett, The Wine Pilot
Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
“…This has the refined elegance and prettiness that is the Moss Wood DNA… So well balanced. A wine of immense charm and appeal. I defy you to stop after the first sip.”
98 Points, Ray Jordan
Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
“The Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon is always one of Margaret River’s best and this latest release is no exception... An elegant style, there is good energy here, with serious focus and an immaculate balance, as well as a lovely lingering finish. The palate sees more chocolate and cherry notes emerging. Silky tannins and very good length. Drink over the next ten to twenty years.”
97 Points, Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
Angus a la minute, sambal butter, leafy greens
Fifth Course
Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
“The latest Moss Wood captures this vintage perfectly and is without doubt one of the more restrained & tightly framed Moss Woods of recent years. it retains the elegance, perfume & soft approachability that is Moss Wood. Hidden within is a wine that I suspect will still be drinking beautifully in 30 years.”
97 Points, Ray Jordan
Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
“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.”
97 Points, James Halliday, The Wine Companion
Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2001
“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.”
96 Points, James Halliday, The Wine Companion