Moss Wood 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon PlonkOz04

This was a wine that I had purchased on reputation and vintage so I was anxious to try it at first I had to elbow my way through the hordes to the counter. Judging by the crowd, you think they were giving the wine away, or possibly many of the people were like me, and had purchased the wine and just wanted to try it.

The bouquet was restrained, closed and dumb. Silky tannins provide a solid backbone, supple, seductive mouth feel and are just enough to perfectly balance the pure, deep, persistent fruit. On the palate, the wine is glorious and moorish, showing blackcurrant, blackberry, chocolate and mint which finishes with excellent length and persistence. Ample in weight, the complexity is well developed and the wine should become both seamless and harmonious in time. Rated as Excellent with *** for value, it should peak in around 2009 and beyond.