Description
A very rare wine of utmost intensity and exceptional quality, rewarding careful cellaring.
Duck Muck was first made by a stroke of luck. Some super-ripe Shiraz was picked from our Original Vineyard and made into wine, which didn’t quite fill a barrel. The barrel was then topped up with Alan’s Cabernet Pressings, being the only wine available to David (Duck) at that time in 1994. The resulting wine was given away to our best customers. What David didn’t appreciate at the time was how the blend of these two vineyards, and that specific style, was going to create a wine that was not only of world class quality, but gain cult status all over the world. With a few refinements, Duck Muck is possibly the hardest wine for us to make. The vineyards are meticulously attended to. Cane pruned, shoot thinned, and fruit thinned to try and achieve the perfect balance in any particular vintage. The fruit is then picked and partly destemmed into small open top fermenters. The Original Vineyard Shiraz having 30% whole bunches left in the ferment. The wine is then gently basket pressed into 100% new Dominique Laurent barriques and matured for up to 27 months. Duck Muck when bottled is extraordinarily intense, with layers of texture, wonderfully complex aroma, and incredible length and depth.
*there is no box included.
* the wine has been cellared in a temperature controlled wine fridge. Label and fill levels are checked prior to sending to ensure they are optimum. As this is a vintage wine it should be purchased and consumed with that in mind. It may require decanting/aeration. All sales with vintage wine are final and not refundable unless the wine is not as described (i.e. wrong bottle) as per consumer law.
*If we are posting the wine to you then we will use specialty wine couriers when available. Alternatively, we will use Australia Post wine delivery service (if you would like us to wait until the weather is lower than 20 degrees celsius prior to posting, please contact us to advise, however note, this may cause a significant delay in the postage of your order). Otherwise your order will be posted within our normal processing times.
