2005 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon Moss Wood Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (42) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  12/23/2023 - Bondi2 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Decanted and needed at least an hour to fully open up. Like a very good Napa cab. Fine tannins. Had steak, sausage, baguette and salad with it.

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  10/12/2023 - Cremuel Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Bobs cellar. Dark red, no bricking at all. Super red fruit, damsons and jam, heavy sweet nose and heavy. Dry opening notes, rich black fruit, tannins still very present. Good, needs some time to integrate. Day 2, has integrated a bit. More bright red fruit comes through. I didn't follow Lightening's advice...

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  8/11/2023 - Cremuel wrote: 88 Points

  Bob's cellar. Dark ruby red, no bricking. Black and red fruit nose, some reduction, aged blackcurrant. Red fruit opening flavours, tannins are still very present, fruit has flattened. Seems to have aged and dried out. Some fruit comes out with a little more air. Ok, probably on the downward slope? Day 2, went well with the red meat of the burger, and a saltiness and tart blackberry rises from the background. Still too austere for me, although I can see it is well constructed. Raised a point to 88, still not my favourite though. Maybe I will follow LIGHTENING's advice and put the remaining 4 bottles away for that 2027 drinking window and see if they soften and integrate by then.

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  5/20/2023 - lightning wrote: 94 Points

  This bottle under cork, compared to November's Stelvin. An intense nose dominated by new oak characters (dried coconut, vanillin), some blackcurrant underneath all the oak. Medium-plus bodied, full and intense midpalate of dried coconut, vanillin, graphite, coffee, earth and blackcurrant. The tannic structure is still quite stern, drying and slightly raspy. This was drunk alongside a bottle of 2005 Chateau d'Armailhac, and it was interesting to contrast the two wines. The Pauillac a lot more harmonious at this stage, the Moss Wood born with grand ambitions - a heavier hand by the winemaker, and a lot more lavish oak thrown at the wine.
  
  Come what may, I don't know how the community drink dates are from 2014 - for me, this wine is not that approachable now. Given it an extended decant if drinking now.
  
  This tasting note is just based off a Coravin from a fresh bottle, and tasted within 30 minutes. My previous tasting note from November 2022 notes that the oak integrated into the wine some 5-6 hours after opening, with an improved score resulting. 91 points.
  
  30 May: opened the bottle, tasting note 4 hours after opening. The oak is now far better integrated, and the tannins are now less aggressive, more refined. It now has a wonderful mouth perfume, and it brings my mind back to the 2005 Pichon Lalande that I had on Emirates First a few months ago. A big improvement compared to the Coravin glass - 94.

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  4/25/2023 - Cremuel Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Bob's cellar. Sweet warm fruit, damsons, cassis and black fruit nose. Dry tannin opens the tasting, austere, some black fruit, seems youthful. Too astringent at the moment from pnp. Day 3, still has bright red fruits, the stringency has eased, still a robust cab sav. Feels like it still has years to go, although maybe it is heading over the hill as shown by the lack of fruit? Ok, well made, but not much interest for me.

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