Wild Duck Creek Estate
We’re a small family run winery, with founder David Anderson planting our first vines at the Alan’s Cabernet vineyard in 1974. Now, David with his son Liam, and a fabulous team strive to create wines that excite wine enthusiasts and novices alike. Wines that drink wonderfully young and fresh, as well as when gracefully aged.
We use traditional viticulture and winemaking techniques, including cane pruning, hand picking, open and barrel fermentation, whole bunch fermentation, hand plunging and basket pressing. We use new and old oak maturation for up to 36 months depending on the wine.
Always knowing where we have come from, we move into future vintages striving for wines that excite our customers as much as they excite us.
Wines
WINES
Annual wines
Springflat Shiraz
Shiraz
Wild Duck Creek Estate’s flagship wine, expressing the fruit driven richness for which the Heathcote region is famous.
Yellow Hammer Hill (Shiraz/Malbec/Cabernet Sauvignon)
Shiraz Blend
Delightful when consumed young, developing into a brooding complex blend of spice and fruit after careful cellaring.
Mia Mia (Sub-regional Shiraz)
Shiraz
A sub-regional blend of vineyards from south-western Heathcote. A cool area, producing wines of exceptional finesse.
Cornella (Sub-Regional Shiraz)
Shiraz
A sub-regional blend of vineyards from the eastern slopes of the Colbinabbin range.
Alan’s Cabernet (Cab Sauv/Cab Franc/Merlot/Malbec)
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot
A floral treat of berries, mint, violets and eucalyptus – often Duck’s favourite.
Ducks & Drakes (Cabernet Sauvignon)
Cabernet Sauvignon
Bold and succulent – an ‘Aussie Claret’ style of Cabernet Sauvignon with a splash of Shiraz.
The Dabbler (Cabernet Sauvignon/Carmenere)
Cabernet Carmenere
A rich middle-palate wine designed to complement almost any dish.
The Mallard (Riesling)
Riesling
A brand new wine to the stable at Wild Duck Creek Estate. The Mallard is made from fruit that is picked from the Merindoc Vineyard in Tooborac, just over the hill from the beginnings of the Wild Duck Creek.
White Duck (Roussanne/Viognier)
Voignier
Clean, crisp, and full of stone fruit and citrus flavor, this wine should be enjoyed young and fresh.
Special Release Wines
Roussanne
Grown in the cooler southern Heathcote area, at our Mia Mia vineyard. This wine shows all the hallmarks of Roussanne. Wonderful natural acid levels at full ripeness create a wine typical of this variety. Showing notes of stone fruits and meal, with great texture. It is a bold wine full of exuberance. Fermented in new […]
Duck Muck
Shiraz
Ultra-complex, deep, dark, long and luscious. A combination of our two oldest and most unique vineyards create this wine only in wonderful vintages.
Shiraz Reserve
Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
Cabernet Sauvignon
Made from ultra-low yielding vines in exceptional vintages.
Alan’s Cabernet Pressings
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot
An exceptionally rare wine with immense concentration and structure.
Shiraz Pressings
Shiraz
The last dribble of Shiraz to come from our basket presses is poured into two new hogshead and treasured. Bottled rarely.
Sparkling Duck
Shiraz
A tapestry of rich flavours combined with complex yeast driven characters and a drop of Fortified Duck.
Fortified Duck (Shiraz/Tempranillo)
Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon
Made by co-fermenting 80% Shiraz with 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and fortifying with 23 year old Brandy, for the ultimate in complexity.
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Quite often our wines are produced in such small volumes that the only way to guarantee to get some is to have an annual allocation. Click below to learn more.