2025 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc

Showing outstanding intensity and drive, this super scrumptious Sauvignon Blanc is one of New Zealand’s best.

Sourced from eight estate-owned vineyards within the Wairau Valley with vines on average 28 years old. The fruit is whole bunch pressed to tank for fermentation and matured on lees for 5 months before bottling.
Brilliant very pale straw almost water like core with green tinged surrounds. Pungent nose with aromas of passionfruit, gooseberry and kiwi fruit leaping out of the glass. Some herbaceous grassy, grapefruit and flinty mineral notes are also evident. Super scrumptious, the palate is lined with zesty passionfruit, gooseberry and kiwi fruit flavours with some subtle herbaceous characters, lime and mineral elements lying underneath. Showing outstanding intensity and drive it finishes with crisp acidity and a long lip-smacking finish.
Drink over the next 1-2 years.
Alc. 12.5%

Other Reviews….
A wine that catches you off guard with its familiar waft of candle wax and sparkler flint. There’s a wistful white floral aroma of frangipani and freesia drawing you in. As it opens, notes of pomelo, white pear and pineapple emerge. The wine then lights up like fireworks – the soft, sparkling kind – revealing hints of lemonade, yellow melon and a glittering acidity that is carefully bridled. Nuances of celery heart and fresh ginger follow, adding complexity. It is exquisite in its balance – teetering tropical notes, the fragility of herbal suggestion and an utterly moreish finish. Drink by 2032.
97 Points
Shanteh Wale - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion