MOSS WOOD Cabernet Sauvignon 1995

Robert Parker Score: 95 points

Reviewer: Erin Larkin — October 2025 Week 29 Oct 2025

Drink 2025–2035

The 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon is layered and complex, with tapenade, bay leaf, dried herbs, cocoa, aniseed and salt bush. This is decidedly leafier than the 1999 tasted alongside; however, the vintage conditions in this season (warm and dry, likened by proprietor Keith Mugford to the recent 2024 vintage) would lead us to expect a much bigger, riper, more muscular wine. The restraint here is one of the highlights of the wine.

The second pour here shows remarkably similarly to the first—although slightly fresher perhaps, notwithstanding the fact that the first was in the glass 20 minutes prior to tasting. Here, the wine is capacious and leafy, with all the bay leaf and dried herbs, with a pretty, chalky, poudre-leaning nose and palate. I'd lean toward this second bottle and would be inclined to give it an extra point.