Gundog Estate Indomitus Rosa 2017

Super premium rosé from Team Gundog. I like the intention here too, though I much prefer the red and the Semillon.

It’s a blend of Murrumbateman Cabernet and Riesling. Both spend time on skins, with the cloudy juice is barrel fermented with wild yeast. Bottled after 4 months on lees. Serious and skinsy nose. It’s shy, dry and phenolic, the flavours bound by tannin and acid. Just a fraction ungenerous and hard for this price point, but long and very serious. You can see the effort that went into this, but I found it just a little hard edged. Best drinking: Now or even next year. 17/20, 90/100. 12.4%, $40. Would I buy it? I’d have a glass.

Wine

Andrew Graham
Almost 25 years ago I started working in a small bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. There, I met my first two loves - wine and craft beer, and they took over my life. Two decades later and I spend my days as a journalist, buyer, wine show judge, marketer and drinks industry consultant.

A Grenache Day 2023 dive with Sam Wigan looking at 5 Yalumba Grenache

September 15, 2023

30 wines (and a perry!) that made it in July/August 2023

August 24, 2023

Almost Club July/August 2023 edition – 37 wines that almost made it

August 22, 2023

Gundog Estate Indomitus Rosa 2017