Gundog Estate Indomitus Albus 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Gundog Estate Indomitus Albus 2025.

Gundog Estate Indomitus Albus 2025
$40, 10.5% alcohol, screwcap, Hunter Valley.

The 2025 Gundog Estate Indomitus Albus is made with 100% Hunter Valley semillon. It’s fermented in both stainless steel tank and in barrel, and a portion is left on skins for an extended period (175 days).

This is a powerful white wine wrapped inside a delicate visage. It’s an extraordinary example of winemaking sleight of hand. It tastes of lemon, tonic water, brine, chamomile, chalk and smoked white flowers, though there’s a certain umami aspect to the wine as well. Everything here feels exquisitely well finessed but then there’s a body of flavour on show too. In the end it’s all just wow. 95+ points.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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