Gundog Estate Sunshine Vineyard Semillon 2014
A few years ago, the AWRI researched the soils of the Hunter Valley where semillon was grown and it seemed to thrive on sandier soils close to a water source. […]
A few years ago, the AWRI researched the soils of the Hunter Valley where semillon was grown and it seemed to thrive on sandier soils close to a water source. […]
The “biggest” of the Single Vineyard semillon range from Gundog Estate, made in the excellent Hunter Valley vintage of 2014. The vineyard is easterly facing on the slopes of Mount […]
The Somerset vineyard site was selected in 1863 and planted to semillon with a Busby clone in 1965. Part of the Single Vineyard range from Gundog Estate from the excellent […]
2015 was a rainy, interrupted season in the Hunter and Brokenwood’s Chief Winemaker, Iain Riggs believes that it will be the single vineyard wines that really stand out. This is […]
The Somerset Vineyard was “planted in 1965 and 1970 to the Busby clone on eastern and western facing slopes respectively, both blocks sit on red volcanic soil over limestone. The […]
Gundog Estate Winemaker Matt Burton opens up about the naming of this wine “The name references the original road into Pokolbin, which snaked through the “Will’s Hill” vineyard. Planted in […]
2014 was a stellar vintage for the Hunter Valley and Gundog Estate’s winemaker Matt Burton knew he was on to something special with some amazing parcels from around the valley. fruit. […]
I don’t think I can write a better intro to this wine than the one from Matt Burton, the winemaker at Gundog Estate: “A warm season delivered two parcels of […]
Gundog claim this is their most “classical styled” Semillon. Sourced from the Somerset Vineyard in Pokolbin, “predominately from a 1969 planting, set over an old creek bed that runs through the […]
Gundog are one of the “new” Hunter Valley producers with twin cellar doors in Canberra and the Hunter Valley, drawing fruit from both regions to create wines of critical and […]