[SOLD-OUT] Dog Point Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc 2011

Wine Front 94 points!
"Gun to the head and/or desert island wine for best NZ sauvignon blanc, this would generally be it. Use of oak and lees not taken to heightened levels of trumpeting overtness, but judicious, has been the theme. So many have followed looking for the golden ticket, equating the extra winemaking as helping to make a more premium wine. Not so if you dont firstly have the fruit, and secondly the deft touch. Cue, James and Ivan.

And then saying that there's a distinctly struck match-meets-nutty/cedary oak quality taking over the bouquet, but it's metered with stone fruit and floral aromas too. To taste, tight, tense and structured, with a flow of fresh fruitiness bound by briny minerality and more struck match/twigginess finishing with a barely-there nuttiness. It's a bit shy right now, and time in glass gives some more body, but 2011 looks to be a more austere version of this wine than I've seen. There's still grace and immense interest " it's delicous and mouthwatering by each sip. Time will be kind too. Super."
Mike Bennie, Wine Front, July 2013

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  Organic   Vegan-friendly   Sustainably-made  

Country:

New Zealand

Region:

NZ- Marlborough

Variety:

Wine White - Sauvignon blanc

Size:

750mL