Dog Point Vineyard

Dog Point Chardonnay 2017 Marlborough

Bold and expressive bouquet - no mistaking the white smoke of toasty oak with baking spices, vanilla and a leesy lactic core. Aromas of baked yellow stone fruits, baked apple and grapefruit. On the palate - dry, weighty and creamy textures, flavours of baked orchard fruits, toasty oak with fine tannins, medium+ acidity and long satisfying finish. A really lovely wine with just enough complexity to beckon a second glass. Drink now and through 2023. 92 Points

Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2019 Marlborough

A powerful yet controlled even complex bouquet of SB with aromas of apples and white flowers, wet stones and grapefruit, sweet hay, gooseberry and white peach. Tense, youthful, vibrant, varietal and packed with energy. A core of fruit reflects the impact and power from the bouquet, zippy acidity, some fruit spice and sweet hay all leading to a long finish. What’s not to like! Drink now and through 2021.

94 Points

Dog Point Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc 2012 Marlborough

There’s no mistaking the signature of this wine and style - with layers of fruit, lees spice and barrel ferment creaminess. Fruit aromas include lemon skin and peach, a waxy developing aroma of bottle age and lees, lemon grass and golden kiwi-fruit. Overall a complex and engaging bouquet. Delicious on the palate, weighty, layered, packed with flavours of cool climate citrus and pale stone fruits, a gentle creamy texture. Holds the acidity beautifully leading the long finish. Drink now and through 2024+ 95 Points

Dog Point Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Marlborough

Complex, developing bouquet with aromas of preserved lemon and quince, peaches and apples, a core of stony minerality, layers of lees spice and a completeness. Equally complex on the palate, calm and confident, balanced and still fresh. Flavours reflect the nose with preserved citrus, apple and stone fruit highlights. The lees and acidity along with barrel ageing give this wine a fresh silky texture and lengthy detailed finish Balanced and ready, complex and long. Drink now and through 2024+. 95 Points

Dog Point Pinot Noir 2017 Marlborough

Youthful, fresh, varietal and boldly fruity with aromas of plums and dark cherry, baking spices and raspberry. The oak signature is shows youthful fresh attack with toasty clove and vanilla scents. Nicely dry on the palate with a core of red fruits and savoury dried herb complexity. Flavours of red berries and oak, brown baking spices and a mix of stony mineral and floral moments. Tense, youthful, needs some cellar time to fully integrate and harmonise. Decant if drink through 2020, best from 2021 through 2026.

92 Points