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. […]
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Gundog Estate Vernon Vineyard Semillon 2014
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 […]
Gundog Estate Somerset Vineyard Semillon 2014
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 […]
Gundog Estate The Somerset Vineyard Shiraz 2014
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 The Old Road Shiraz 2014
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 […]
Gundog Estate The 48 Block Shiraz 2014
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. […]
Gundog Estate Hilltops Shiraz No.1 2016
Sourced from the Freeman vineyard in the Hilltops region, north west of the Australian Capital Territory. Gundog Estate, Hilltops Shiraz No.1, Hilltops, 2016 12 months French oak maturation of which […]
Gundog Estate Wild Semillon 2017
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 Estate The Chase Semillon 2017
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 Estate Hunter’s Semillon 2017
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 […]
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