Moss Wood Ribbon Vale 2021 Elsa, Margaret River, Western Australia
Aromas of ripe almost sweet goosberry and lemon, there’s a distinctive mineral quality suggesting sand and salt, sea air and clay. A layer of wood spice and lees scents layer in complexity and breadth. On the palate - excellent with a coarse-silk texture then contrasting acidity and a core of citrus then gosseberry and hay and stone fruit and apple. Oak and acidity along with the brief skin-contact time provide the core foundation adding mouthfeel and length. Youthful, salivatine with a light saline note, fresh and lengthy. A wine for enjoyment today or best from 2023 through 2029.
This wine is made with Sauvignon Blanc
94 Points
Excellent
RRP from $62.80
Hand-picked then sorted, de-stemmed, crushed and loaded into the presses. After 2 hours skin contact it was drained and pressed and settled in stainless steel tank. After 24 hours the clear juice was racked to a second tank and seeded with multiple yeast strains for primary fermentation, controlled to 18°C. At the halfway point the fermenting juice was racked to wood and temperatures were allowed to climb to ambient, typically around 22°C. The barrels were 228 litre French oak and 10% were new.