Country: New Zealand
Region: Marlborough
Vintage: 2024
Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Alcohol volume: 13.5%
Closure: Screwcap

Appearance
Pale straw.

Aroma
Pure and bright perfume with an array of citrus covering grapefruit, lemon, lime and mandarin. Subtle gravelly tones help to weave another layer of complexity around the fruit.

Palate
Juicy and fresh upfront, the riper fruit spectrum of stone fruit opens and offers an intense generosity of flavour. It follows through the mid-palate with a refreshing and quenching finish of crystalline acidity.

Cellaring potential
Drinks beautifully now or can comfortably be cellared for five years or more.

Vintage notes
A typical start to the season with a moderately dry, mild winter and spring, with budburst underway in the firs week of October, and only a few minor frost events occurring after that. Flowering occurred in early to mid-December during a period of changeable conditions which managed to temper yields. December settled into dry warm weather creating exceptional growing conditions into late autumn. The absence of rain with only 32mm falling over summer, broke the drought record which has stood for the last 94 years. Idyllic high sunshine hours, and classic cool overnight temperatures in Autumn ensured acidity levels were preserved and the fruit retained freshness. A vintage to remember.

Shanteh Wale
97 Points
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.

Campbell Mattinson
92 Points
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.

MaryAnn Worobiec
92 Points
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. Drink now. 60,000 cases made, 1,800 cases imported.