Moss Wood Ribbonvale Elsa 2025
- 96
- $88
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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I’ve been a fan of this wine since it was introduced just a few years ago, and I have to say, this one from what was an excellent season stacks up with any that have yet been released. It’s a largely Sauvignon Blanc with a small percentage of Semillon, varieties which have always done well in this vineyard. But this is no ordinary SBS, a variety that has always done well in this vineyard. Aromas of complex nutty citrus with a slightly savoury character. And yet for me, it’s the palate where this wine really hits its straps. It’s textured, it’s delicate, and yet it has a deep flavour intensity with such lingering persistence. A marvellous example of this style.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
