Description
Family owned, Dog Point is one of the oldest privately established vineyards in the Marlborough region with plantings established over 40 years ago.The winery holds New Zealand’s largest certified organic vineyard area by BioGro New Zealand. Biodiversity is present on the property with native plantings and walkways, an organic vegetable garden, orchards, beehives, olive and pine nut trees. The vineyard’s topography is unique to Marlborough, taking in hillside blocks and flat land parcels, with clay and silty loams. All fruit (including the sauvignon blanc) is hand-picked from low cropped vines. Wines are bottled without fining and minimal filtration, a reflection of their low interventionist ethos.
About this wine from the winemaker: “Our version of the classic dry aromatic style of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. The citrus core of flavours are juicy and intense with deliciously refreshing saline acidity. The wine calls for simple fresh seafood but can also be enjoyed as a pre-dinner aperitif with or without social distancing. One of the best vintages the region has experienced in years.
Grapes are hand-picked from eight of our own vineyards within the Wairau Valley. Cropped at an average of 10 tonnes/hectare. The fruit is whole bunch pressed, cold settled before fermentation and 4 months aging in stainless steel tanks. A portion of this wine is fermented using indigenous yeast. Bottled without fining. “
“Dog Point Vineyard makes pure, low-yielding Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from its organic vineyards in Marlborough. Lower-than-average yields, hand-picking and careful winemaking mean that the Sauvignon Blancs here tend to be more restrained aromatically, In 2024, the wines are finely textured, as usual. Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous Media
97 points, Shanteh Wale, Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion “A washing line of fresh linen, spring daisies and gently waving buffalo grass. There is lemon posset, limestone, chalk and grapefruit skin. Citrus and white stone fruit flavours centre deeply in the mid-palate, with a tantalising amount of fresh fruit sweetness and cascading and yet tapered acidity. This is just a top-notch white wine, full stop. Detailed, layered and moreish in every sense of the word. Close your eyes and take in the pretty aromas, taste the sandy dry mineral tones, consider the palate length and quality and you know you can only be drinking Dog Point from their esteemed Wairau sites in Marlborough. The savoury cream tones add further complexity and finesse. This is a global benchmark for sauvignon blanc.”
96 points, Susie Barrie MW & Peter Richards MW New Zealand Wines of the Year 2026 “Matt Sutherland talks of hand picking and whole bunch pressing to tame the aromatic compounds, then leaving the wine on lees, all with the aim of working for flintiness, restraint and texture. This one is indeed flinty – it’s also smoky, saline, vivacious and compelling. The 2024 vintage is perhaps a wee bit tamer, smoother, and consequently easier to fall for than some of the more challenging vintages we’ve tried. But still, it’s fabulously complex, with very much its own unique personality.”
92 points, Wine Spectator “Stunning, complex and distinctive, with notes of flint and smoky litsea oil giving way to plump and juicy mango, peach and lemon curd flavors. Dried pineapple, lemon oil and fresh ginger elements are sleek and mouthwatering, with a white tea detail on the finish.
92 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front “Excellent intensity, texture and length. Straight down the line and good at it. Guava, apple, tropical fruit and thistles. Feels controlled. Feels good. Fruit still jumping up through the finish. Everything is in (very) good order here.”
91 points, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous Media “The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc is far from the wham-bam mass-produced Marlborough style. This is relatively restrained and textural, with far lower yields, hand-harvesting and whole bunch-pressing before most of the wine went through an indigenous fermentation. On first opening, there’s a struck match character that needs some air to blow off to reveal lemon and lime, tangy green character of nettles. It’s balanced and seamless, exuding a sense of calm in the mouth with an attractive, lightly grippy texture on the refreshing finish.
RRP $38 Our Special Price $26.99 when you buy 6 or more of this wine
