2005 Wild Duck Creek Shiraz Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  12/25/2016 - SlimShaney Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Love it or some may hate it. It's massive and it's rich, but I tend to love it. Go there on a cold night when you want to be covered in thick and luxurious warmth.
  
  The initial nose is strongly reminiscent of a multi layered port. As for the wine, it's suprisingly drinkable straight away or can easily hold its own for many many hours in the decanter thanks to its massive fruit, huge structure and 16% alchohol. That said, it seems to hit its peak during the first 3 hours then oddly exacerbate its astringency thereafter.
  
  I haven't tried La Violette but good luck beating this for being characterised as extracted violet syrup. It could be more polished for sure, but it's alcholic edges numb the evening into restful oblivion.

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  10/17/2015 - YF&L Likes this wine: 96 Points

  An intense nose of grilled meat, licorice and liquer. The body remains voluptous, layered and sexy. The tannins have melted away with age, revealing a fantastic palate of deep concentration sweetness not unlike port. Decanted for two hours. After drinking for about an hour, the sweetness fades away, leaving a savoury finish. Outstanding aussie shiraz at the top of its game. Extra points for QPR. (Bought for US$50)

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  10/31/2011 - Allaboda wrote: 84 Points

  A bizarre wine. Super ripe fruit and explosive taste, with tons of sweet glycerine and alcohol. Almost resembles a cognac (with a fruit compotte) on the nose, with a sharp alcoholic scent. Not in balance, just overdone. It is hard to finish much more than one glass, and after that one you start worrying about tomorrow's hangover.

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  1/29/2011 - darren81 wrote:

  Australian wine tasting at Wine Exchange Asia (Wine Exchange Asia): 8/10 - A well made monster of a wine. Wife and Terence loved this a lot. Good fruit and acidity. Everything's in place and in song. My main issue is with the 16% alcohol. It's evident but thankfully mostly in a sweet alcohol manner... some heat still does come through though. Nice as it is, would I be able to enjoy this for the entire evening? Most likely not. Scoring it on how it performed for the tasting, but don't think it's a buy.

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  7/10/2009 - db from oz wrote: 89 Points

  wow big almost port like. Will leave my other two for a while.

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