Winery Wild Duck Creek Estate - Ducks & Drakes

Winery Wild Duck Creek EstateDucks & Drakes

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Ducks & Drakes of Winery Wild Duck Creek Estate is a red wine from the region of Heathcote of Victoria.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.

Taste structure of the Ducks & Drakes from the Winery Wild Duck Creek Estate

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Ducks & Drakes of Winery Wild Duck Creek Estate in the region of Victoria is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Ducks & Drakes of Winery Wild Duck Creek Estate in the region of Victoria often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit or floral.

Details and technical informations about Winery Wild Duck Creek Estate's Ducks & Drakes.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.8°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon

Cabernet-Sauvignon noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Ducks & Drakes - 2018
In the top 100 of of Heathcote wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Ducks & Drakes - 2017
In the top 100 of of Heathcote wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Ducks & Drakes - 2016
In the top 100 of of Heathcote wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Ducks & Drakes - 2015
In the top 100 of of Heathcote wines
Average rating: 411110
Ducks & Drakes - 2014
In the top 100 of of Heathcote wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Ducks & Drakes - 2013
In the top 100 of of Heathcote wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Ducks & Drakes - 2012
In the top 100 of of Heathcote wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Ducks & Drakes from Winery Wild Duck Creek Estate are 2014, 2016, 2012, 2015 and 2018.

Informations about the Winery Wild Duck Creek Estate

The winery offers 31 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Heathcote in the region of Victoria

The Winery Wild Duck Creek Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Heathcote to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Victoria
In the top 3500 of of Australia wines
In the top 550 of of Heathcote wines
In the top 60000 of red wines
In the top 90000 wines of the world

The wine region of Heathcote

The wine region of Heathcote is located in the region of Central Victoria of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Wild Duck Creek Estate or the Domaine Wild Duck Creek Estate produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Heathcote are Cabernet franc, Malbec and Vermentino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Heathcote often reveals types of flavors of cream, cigar or forest floor and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, pencil shavings or dried fruit.


The wine region of Victoria

Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.

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The word of the wine: Foaming

Name given to the second alcoholic fermentation that sparkling wines undergo. It gives rise to a release of carbon dioxide in the bottle.

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