This vertical was designed to show off the just released 2020 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon and compare it with the arguably two best wines of the last decade.
So let's start with the 2014 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon. The palate offers rich flavours of mulberry, red- and blackcurrant, cedar and leather. There are musty flavours eminating from the oak. This is a well balanced wine which has started to enter its prime. The subtle structure is supported by concentrated, yet fine tannins. The finish is very long (97/+++ points).
The 2018 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon has a similar profile, but is not quite so far along in the maturing process. This wine is perhaps a bit more concentrated, with blackcurrant and blueberry flavours. Licorice, cedar and chocolate flavours emerge, but are still in the background of this fruit-intense wine. I like the elegance of this wine and the long finish (96/+++).
Obviously, the 2020 Moss Wood is the baby. Was it smart to compare it to two of the great Moss Wood vintages? I think not. This wine is also dark fruited, quite generous, with chocolate, tobacco and oaky flavours (20% new oak). In my assessment, this wine does not have the same complexity as the other two, nor the length in the finish. Will this change over the years? I doubt it. This is a good, but not outstanding wine (94/++).
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