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Wild Duck Creek Shiraz Springflat Reserve(2000)

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Winery:: Wild Duck Creek
Varietal:: Syrah
Region:: South East Australia > Victoria > Central Victoria > Heathcote
Type:: Red Wine
User Tags:: bramble fruits, berry, spices, chocolate, dessert, caramel, blackberry, pepper, color descriptors, fresh

US $132.20

The first Springflat came from our winery block vineyard. It is approximately 2.5 acres, sits on quartz buckshot clay soils and its production is around 2 tones per acre. Planted in 1988, it has now reached maturity and is capable of producing fruit of incredible depth of flavour. Its position protects it from wind, thus creating frost susceptibility. In years of frost, the leaf to fruit ratio is dramatically increased, thus producing wines of exceptional intensity, which led to the discovery of the Duck Muck.
Since then, several other vineyards on exceptional sites scattered across read more...