"Delicious, fresh & dry" Cameron Douglas, MS
A pure, focussed palate with a bright, crunchy structure & fine acidity
Perfect alongside scallops, white fish or BBQ Pork
Dog Point Marlborough Chardonnay 2020
Dog Point Marlborough Chardonnay 2020
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Awarded 96/100 Points
Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Oct 2022
Description
- Oaked
- Citrus & flint
- Toasted nuts
- Fine acidity
"Fabulous bouquet and palate with aromas of fresh peach and gun-flint minerality, new and used barrel with a nutty cashew complexity, baked apple and quince. Delicious, fresh and dry with a satin touch, back bone of acidity and flavours of barrel, flint, mineral and oak. Fine tannins, a lengthy finish and delicious complexity. Best drinking from id to late 2023 through 2029" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Oct 2022
Deep straw in colour. A ripe citrus spectrum of fruit is at the core of a complex chardonnay with spice, toasted nuts and gravelly, flint aromas. A pure and focussed palate with a bright, crunchy structure and fine acidity. The complex barrel aged flavours also imparting textures that carry on the back of the fine acidity.
78% Mendoza and 22% Clone 95 grown in Marlborough.
A warm growing season with very dry conditions between January and April with only 45mm falling (less than 30% of the average). A season which will be remembered for other reasons however, with a global pandemic affecting staffing movements and logistics but one where calm decision making and patience resulted in perfect ripening conditions, and a very rewarding season. One of the best the region has experienced in recent years.
Hand picked and gently pressed straight to barrel (10% new) for eighteen months. No juice clarification with 100% wild primary and secondary fermentations. Bottled without fining and with only minimal filtration.
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