Gundog Estate Smoking Barrel Red 2021
Okay, you’re going to have to ignore the bottle image for this post. It reads 2019 and the regions aren’t quite right, but that’s all that’s changed. Down to brass […]
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Gundog Estate Rosé 2022
The second release of the label. A blend of Shiraz from the Hilltops Freeman vineyard and Cabernet Sauvignon from Gundog’s own Wallaroo vineyard in the Canberra region. 24 hours skin […]
Gundog Estate Gundaroo Riesling 2022
The second release of this label from the Burton family’s Gundaroo vineyard in the Canberra region. made in an off-dry style, however this year sees around 26 grams per litre […]
Gundog Estate Off-Dry Semillon 2022
Offering 44 grams per litre of residual sugar, this “Off-Dry” has much lower alcohol due to the process of stopping fermentation early. Gundog Estate, Off-Dry, Semillon, Hunter Valley, 2022 Pale […]
Gundog Estate Wild Semillon 2022
Matt Burton and the team throw out the Hunter Sem textbook with this one. Indigenous yeasts, some parcels clean fermented in tank (and retaining a little sugars), other parcels kept […]
Gundog Estate The Chase Semillon 2022
A change in fruit again this vintage with fruit from Brycefield and Tinkler’s School Block vineyards in Pokolbin. Both are light clay-loamy soils, the kind that Semillon likes sticking its […]
Gundog Estate Hunter’s Semillon 2022
Harvests are starting in the Hunter Valley, so it won’t be long before 2023 wines are being released. Made deliberately in a more forward and approachable style (but guaranteed to […]
Little Giant Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Part of the popular Little Giant range. Winemakers are Corey Ryan and Jim Zerella. The bottles are a stocky, stout package representative of its moniker: the southern hairy-nose wombat, South […]
Little Giant Shiraz 2021
Mainstay of Fourth Wave Wine’s Little Giant range. Wine makers are Corey Ryan & Jim Zerella with fruit from Barossa and Eden Valleys. Little Giant, Shiraz, Barossa, 2021 Rich garnet […]
The Hero Rosé 2022
Okay. Fourth Wave Wine have teamed up with a cracking winemaker in Aaron Mercer to make this wine. Technically the full name is The Hero Of Zero, as there’s zero […]
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