Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

A Cabernet Sauvignon dominant blend of all 5 Bordeaux varieties, aged for 10 months in 25% new French oak, deep Ruby with aromas of dark berry fruits, oak and cigar box spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry, cherry and currants with cacao and herb spice. Fine tannins, long finish ending with fruit, oak, spice and earthy mineral character. Nice! — 3 months ago

Jon Ebsworth

9.4

Joyous intense fruit alongside that Barbera tannic backbone hits all the right notes, up there with my wine of the year to date — 5 years ago

October Cleveland

9.0

Another ripper from AB&D. New Years Eve secco with a bit of zap 👌 — 6 years ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.1

Mycket god. Söt tobak, viol, blodapelsin, björnbär, rosor. Medelfyllig och otroligt uppfräschande syra. Man återvänder ständigt till glaset och flaskan är snabbt uppdrucken. — 6 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.4

Deep ruby color. Aromas of blackberry, cassis and cigar box. Gorgeous dark fruit, toasted oak, tobacco and black tea finish. Superb. — 4 years ago

Charlie Horsnell

9.2

Nice clean, normal red wine — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Quite a history to this wine. Back in 1997 Robert Parker gave the 1997 Duck Muck 99/100. A rare event at the time for an Australian wine and rapidly turned it into a Cult Wine par excellence. Almost overnight a bottle of Duck Muck was bringing $1500USD and higher. Unfortunately this led to many Australian winemakers wanting to duplicate this success and began creating these ultra ripe, high alcohol, very oaky Behemoths trying to attract Mega Scores from Parker. This was a trend that set back the Australian Wine exports by 10 to 15 years. We are only recovering now from the image of only producing Massive Shiraz and anyone who knows the Aussie wine industry knows we do much more than that. This wine at 16.5% ABV is not for the faint hearted. Rich Plum Prune and cinnamon notes. On the palate concentration and intensity is off the charts. You would never guess the age of this wine if tasted blind. It tastes much younger than a 2002. On a cold Winters night it’s great to reacquaint with a big Australian Shiraz. This is the whole Box and Dice - Shiraz on Steroids - but from this Burgundy Lover I can tell you it works. Time and a place for everything. — 5 years ago

Mattias Söderberg

9.2

Red fruit, lesthery nose!! — 4 years ago

with Andreas

Kristen McCabe

9.0

Sweet cream, camomile tea, oranges on the nose. Full bodied, lightly tannic, caramel flavors. — 5 years ago

October Cleveland

9.0

The clever Ms G called rose petals on this (I might add texturally as well as aromatically), oceanic nose and a touch of lilac. — 6 years ago

with Georgina