Description

White Wine: 2018 | Dog Point | Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc

This is medium to full-bodied, with vibrant notes of pithy citrus, stone fruits, crushed stones and wild herbs.

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Producer: Dog Point

Vintage: 2018

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14%

Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc

Country/Region: New Zealand, Marlborough

This is medium to full-bodied, with vibrant notes of pithy citrus, stone fruits, crushed stones and wild herbs. It is an excellent wine to drink now (though it can also age!) and is at best when served with fresh seafood and shellfish.

Producer Information

Dog Point is a prestigious wine producer based in Marlborough, in New Zealand’s South Island. As with most producers from the region, Dog Point’s most notable wines are produced from Sauvignon Blanc. The winery was established in the early 2000s by Ivan Sutherland and James Healy who had previously worked together at Cloudy Bay as viticulturalist and oenologist respectively. The vineyards were some of the earliest to be planted in Marlborough and thus have some of the oldest vines in the region. Dog Point is named for the sheep-herding history of the area. The Section 94, a barrel-fermented Sauvignon Blanc is the flagship wine from the producer first released in 2002, it has become a benchmark for barrel-fermented Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand. Wines produced from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir complete the portfolio. The vineyards are located between the Brancott and Omaka valleys, on hilly sites with clay loam soils. In the winery, the team use a philosophy of minimal intervention, and bottling is done without fining or filtering. The Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir are fermented in stainless steel, while the Chardonnay and Section 94 are fermented in oak. All wines except for the Sauvignon Blanc are then aged in a mixture of new and old oak for 18 months.