Prior Vintages 2024, 2023
Wine Advocate 95 • James Suckling 93 • Wine Enthusiast 93 — "Powerfully fruited, great energy and drive — a very smart, savory wine." (Vintage 2024).
Rebecca Gibb MW writes: The 2023 Sauvignon Blanc is light in body but dense in concentration because of low yields. It's almost silvery in color and restrained due to hand-picking, leading to pure grapefruit, passion fruit and nectarine, all delivered with plenty of focus and punch. The finish is long, precise and sinewy. Drinking 2024 to 2028. - Vinous 93. (Vintage 2023).
Julia Harding MW writes:Intensely aromatic and characteristically smoky, with marked reduction, a style that Dog Point have mastered so brilliantly. That smokiness is notable yet not excessive even if it is highly stylised. Behind the struck match is vibrant grapefruit and pear, immense depth and remarkable complexity for a young, unoaked white. Chewy texture and low pH make this a mouth-watering and persistent dry wine that is obviously Sauvignon Blanc but not just Sauvignon Blanc, and with better likely ageing capacity than most NZ SBs. Excellent purity and precision. I find this unspittable and feel sure it will be even better after another year in bottle. Drinking 2024 to 2027. - Jancis Robinson 17.5. (Vintage 2023).
MaryAnn Worobiec writes: Lush and expressive, with plenty of concentration to the mix of mango, lemon curd and litsea oil flavors. Details of dried pineapple, candied ginger and crystalized orange zest add complexity and aromatics on the long finish. Drink now. - Wine Spectator 94. (Vintage 2023).
James Suckling writes: Clean and crisp with grapefruit, green melon and lemon character. Hints of stones. Medium body. Lovely acidity and a delicious finish. Some phenolic tension here. From organically grown grapes. Drink now. Screw cap. - James Suckling 92. (Vintage 2023).
Roger Jones, Freddy Bulmer, Cat Lomax write: Matchstick reduction on the nose with layers of pink grapefruit pith and citrus oil. Mineral complexity with good intensity. Ambitious winemaking, perhaps, with time in the bottle, this wine will mellow and come together. - Decanter. (Vintage 2023).
