Wild Duck Creek is a highly acclaimed, family-owned and operated winery in Victoria's Heathcote wine region. Founded by winemaker David 'Duck' Anderson in the late 1970's, the winery achieved international fame in 1997 when their 1997 'Duck Muck' was awarded 99 Points by American Wine Critic Robert Parker.
Wild Duck Creek's Yellow Hammer Hill Shiraz Malbec is "a wine made for pure enjoyment", with the 2021 vintage a blend of Shiraz, Malbec and a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon. A wine of vibrancy and freshness, this delivers loads of red fruits, raspberry, blackcurrant and plum flavours with some subtle meaty notes spice. With impressive balance, lively acidity, savouriness and grippy tannins, this is a Heathcote red with widespread appeal.
"93 Points. Sees French and American oak barrels plus some of the wine hangs out in concrete vats. The kinda entry level deal here. It’s such a fun wine to drink, all slurpy and loose knit, lucid in red and black berry fruitiness, ripe, round, smooth, supple, a jelly meets currants meets jube thing going on. Elements of herb and spice, some sweetness for sure but a sappy bitterness in tannin is pleasingly there and a light dusting of clove-cinnamon spice keeps some other elements in play. Heady, overt, party time gear for big red lovers, but done well. For me, probably a bit much to get a few glasses down in its lush style, but you can see the pedigree and balance as an observer. Neck oil. Tasted: JUL23 14.2% alc. $32 Screwcap Drink: 2023 - 2030"- Mike Bennie, The Wine Front.
