Well-balanced overall

the palate is complex and layered revealing menthol and ripe black fruit notes interplaying with firm

There is excellent richness to the concentrated and beautifully textured broad-shouldered flavors that possess focused power and a subtle minerality that really comes up on the youthfully austere and strikingly long finish

with no weight and a seamless texture

Strong reduction

Wild Duck Creek, Springflat Shiraz Size:12x750ml Well-balanced overallWild Duck Creeks offerings can be the most concentrated and wickedly wild wines of Heathcote, but this vintage appears to have tamed some of this winerys fire and brimstone characteristics. However, at 16% alcohol, the 2003 Shiraz Springflat is no wimp. It exhibits surprising minerality along with crisp acidity as well as loads of blackberry and cassis fruit interwoven with background floral and new oak notes. Spicy, deep, medium to full bodied, and