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1998 Wild Duck Creek Shiraz Springflat

Shiraz

  • Australia
  • Victoria
  • Central Victoria
  • Heathcote
Drink between 2003 - 2013 (Edit)
CT90.4 21 reviews
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Community Tasting Notes 21

  • Barnaby33 wrote:

    February 16, 2024 - Pnp with microwave enchiladas (chicken of course) Rich nose of berries. Tannins fully resolved, just stunning. Medium finish, with no hard edges but plenty of life. Probably the best 35 dollars I've spent in a long time. I hesitate to write this note as it'll send a bunch of others in search of what I want to keep to myself.

  • ephorn Likes this wine: 96 points

    April 22, 2023 - Really singing! Full fruit, nuance (Patchouli, chapstick/radish) long finish. At 25 yrs, this is classic!

  • Barnaby33 wrote:

    January 21, 2022 - Still going pretty strong, good but not great. This bottle had a touch of spiky acidity and the tannins came on stronger over the 2 hours we enjoyed it. A 98 with a tannic kick like a 96. Fruit took 30 minutes to integrate with air and there was a bit of a menthol note around the edges.

  • Giggs wrote: 91 points

    October 23, 2014 - Very good, but these bottles are highly variable. I've had eight bottles of this: 10% are in the 94-96 range; 70% are 91-93; and 20% are 89-90. They are highly variable in terms of fill level as well, but this seems to have no correlation with quality. The best bottle I had of 1998 Springflat had a fill in high shoulder. The best fill level (into the neck) was a 91-point bottle. When it's good, it's really good. If it could deliver that level of quality each time, it would certainly be a legendary bottling. Drink now-2017.

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  • Giggs wrote: 96 points

    May 26, 2013 - Memorial Day Cabin Dinner; 5/25/2013-5/26/2013 (Cleveland, GA): Decanted 1 hour. Aggressive menthol, spearmint, and eucalyptus on the nose, mesquite wood smoke, wild raspberry nose. Palate is full-bodied, with tangy red berry fruit, white and red pepper with mesquite wood, great length to the flavors, and a long, rich finish with pepper and spice notions throughout.

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    July/August 2000, IWC Issue #91 (link)

    (Wild Duck Creek Estate Springflat Shiraz Bendigo) Subscribe to see review text.

Wine Definition

  • Vintage 1998
  • Type Red
  • Producer Wild Duck Creek
  • Varietal Shiraz
  • Designation Springflat
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country Australia
  • Region Victoria
  • SubRegion Central Victoria
  • Appellation Heathcote

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  • Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
  • In Cellars 80 (52%)
  • Consumed 75 (48%)

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