Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc

Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc is one of NZ’s premier SauvyB brands from Marlborough and the wine is made by the very talented ex-Cloudy Bay duo James Healy and Ivan Sutherland. As wine writer Bob Campbell puts it “these boys really know their stuff“.

Intense, pungent flavours leap out of the glass. It leave you under no illusions that this is anything but world class! Dog Point’s Sauvy never goes a vintage without the cream of the crop of global wine scribblers giving it the big ups.

This is the latest 2024 release which Master of Wine Stephen Wong has given 94/100 and a Top Rank Award in The Real Review. Stephen said “An absolute stand-out wine from the 2024 vintage, this has all of the telltale Dog Point flinty reduction which seems to mark all of their wines. This is made from Dog Point’s organic parcels and is a wine which has a good track record of ageing in the mid-term.”

Scoring 5 Stars with Michael Cooper who said “The youthful 2024 has all the signs of a top vintage. Bright, light lemon/green, it is mouthfilling, sweet fruited and tightly structured, with deep vigorous, passionfruit/lime flavours, good acid spine and a dry, sustained finish.””

Like all Sauvy it’s best enjoyed in its youth. But a class wine like this will cellar for several years yet. Try it with fresh seafood like scallops, mussels and oysters or even pale/mild cheeses.