"This oak fermented Sauvignon Blanc has a cult following" Bob Campbell, MW
"A complex wine with a beautifully restrained reductive character" Bob Campbell, MW
Delicious with fish, poultry & vegetable dishes or aromatic white cheeses
Dog Point Section 94 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Dog Point Section 94 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013
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Awarded 96/100 Points & 5 Stars
Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review
Awarded 19/20 Points & 5 Stars
Raymond Chan
Description
- Oaked
- Ripe Citrus
- Chalky minerality
- Fresh herbs
"This oak fermented and matured Sauvignon Blanc has a cult following. It's Sauvignon Jim, but not as we know it! The oak is evident but reasonably subtle, allowing fruit, mineral, citrus and nutty lees character to take centre-stage. It contributes to the wine's rich and creamy texture. A complex wine with a beautifully restrained reductive character" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review
"Bright straw-yellow colour with slight green hues, lighter on edge. The bouquet is firmly concentrated with deep aromas of greengages, nectarines and fresh herbs, harmoniously melded with complexing reductive gunflint and mineral layers. The aromatics are intense and youthfully fresh, but stylishly in presentation, revealing white florals and lifted herb elements, along with an array of stonefruit. Dry to taste and full-bodied, rich, bold and concentrated flavours of green stonefruits, fresh herbs, white florals and gunflint complexities feature on a fulsome, well-structured palate. This is mouthfilling and weighty with grip and presence, and the mouthfeel lively with refreshing, lacy acidity. The wine flows with power, texture and drive, leading to a long, dry finish with herb, greengage and minerally detail. This is a rich, powerfully structured and textural oak-influenced Sauvignon Blanc with green stonefruit and complex reductive complexities. Match with herb-marinated white meat dishes over the next 4-5 years. Fruit from a single block on the ‘Dog Point’ vineyard, hand-picked, WBP and fully barrel-fermented with solids by indigenous yeasts to 14.0% alc. and 2.2 g/L RS, the wine aged 18 months in seasoned oak, the wine undergoing occasional batonnage and no MLF" Raymond Chan
Pale straw in colour. Pure focused fruit aromas of ripe citrus, white peach, a pleasant fragrance of white blossom. An underlying yeast influence is attained from a naturally occurring fermentation in old oak barrels for a period of 18 months. A complex full bodied style of Sauvignon Blanc with a chalky minerality and fresh herbal influence, complimented by a slightly funky reductive edge.
Food Match: Fish, poultry and vegetable dishes and especially aromatic white cheeses.
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I first tasted this wine in a restaurant in Blenheim and was blown out, as I didn't know a Sauvignon could have this character. Although this wine is not cheap, it is delicious. I find it is very different from a standard Sauvignon blanc. This one isn't too fruity but has lot of mineral notes and is also a little bit buttery. I would say it tastes more like a very good chardonnay. I love it!
Perrine - 16/04/2020
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