2020 Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River

A 91/5/2/2% blend of cabernet sauvignon/merlot/cabernet franc/malbec, yields down 18 to 25% (part due to hailstorm). A deliciously juicy cabernet defined more by its depth than length, the opposite to the merlot, with cassis to the fore. A wine of class and presence, but no more than medium bodied (in cabernet terms).

96 points James Halliday winecompanion.com.au Sept 2023

Delicious wine with cassis, black cherry/berry, anise, pepper, cacao powder, cigar box and spicy oak. Sumptuous wine that is a pleasure to taste and will, I suggest, get even better as it ages. It has a wonderful texture and impressive underlying power. 26 JAN 2023 Drink 2023–2040

95 points Bob Campbell MW therealreview.com

A lovely bouquet with a complex mix of soft smoky wood and dark berries, crushed violets and sweet tobacco, sweet black olives and bell-peppers with baking spices and clay soil scents. Weighty, itense and dry on the palate, there’s lots of textures from tannins and acidity then contrasting flavours of black berries and plums, black currant and tobacco spices. Taut, dry, youthful and needs time. Best drinking from 2025 through 2035.

95 points Cameron Douglas MS camdouglasms.com

91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 2% Malbec.
Red and black fruit, dark mint chocolate, coffee bean and tar. Medium to full-bodied, rum and raisin chocolate, dried herbs and cedar, firm grainy tannin, fresh small red berry acidity, something of an ironstone character too, with a savoury dried cherry chocolate finish of excellent length.

93+ points Gary Walsh winefront.com.au