Gundog Estate Indomitus Rutilus 2023
- 94
- $45
- Drink by: 2025-2033
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An old fashioned blend (yes, they say that everything eventually comes back into fashion, although why these delicious wines ever fell from favour is beyond me) of Shiraz and Pinot Noir. It doesn’t end there – the Shiraz is from the Canberra region while the Pinot Noir hails from the Yarra. You’d think they were born for each other. Ruby purple in colour, there are simply gorgeous aromatics here- ripe black cherries seem to dominate with notes of aniseed, blueberries and florals. Early complexity is already evident and there is juicy acidity adding to the life. Balance and focus, with a lingering finish, love this. Enjoy over the next six to eight years, although when one looks back at this blend from decades ago, there is every reason to believe that the future is very promising and this wine will be with us for a lot longer.
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.
