Wild Duck Creek Estate

Region:

Australia, Victoria, Central Victoria, Heathcote

Address:

764 Spring Flat Road, Heathcote, VIC, 3523, Australia

Website:

http://www.wildduckcreekestate.com.au

Description:

We are a small family-run winery situated 8km west of Heathcote, alongside the Wild Duck Creek. David (aka ‘Duck’) and Diana planted the first vines in 1979, naming the vineyard Alan’s Cabernet Vineyard, after Duck’s late father Alan. The Original Vineyard was planted in 1988 on land owned by Diana’s parents. Duck and Diana have three children – Liam, Ngaire and Bridie. Traditional winemaking methods including hand-picking, open fermentation, hand-plunging, basket-pressing, and long-term barrel-ageing are fostered, as is the use biodynamic principles on our own vineyards. Duck remains adamant however, that it’s still the vineyard and site selection especially, that dictate great wines. Second-generation winemaking has flourished for more than a decade through Liam, whose methodical yet innovative approaches merge fantastically with Duck’s eccentricity – a humorous and brilliant concoction! Our passion is to produce extraordinary wines of balance and power that enrich and delight the senses.

Email:

winery@wdce.com.au

Phone:

+61 3 5433 3133

Fax:

+61 3 5406 0960