Gundog Estate Indomitus Rosa 2022
- 93
- $40
- Drink by: 2022-2027
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Fans of Freeman Vineyards Italian range from the Hilltops region in NSW, especially their Nebbiolo, will know how good those wines can be. Matt Burton has sourced Nebbiolo for this delicious Rosé from Brian Freeman, so expectations are automatically high. And met! The team press off skins after half a day’s contact and the juice wild ferments while cloudy, in old puncheons, before maturation on lees in barrel for four months. The colour is a gentle sunset pink. Lovely spicy floral aromatics help show the versatility of this famous grape. An elegant style with drive and focus, fine acidity and a long, lovely finish. A rather special Rosé which is both elegant and intense. Drink now for five years. If you love Rosé, chase this – you won’t find many better. Matt says this is the first time he has worked with Nebb. You’d never know.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
