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James Suckling96 points
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Mike Bennie94 points
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2011
- Brand Dog Point
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Dog Point 'Section 94' Sauvignon Blanc 2011"Section 94 is one of the world’s most distinct wines, and regularly named New..."$39.99 -
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- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2023
- Brand Dog Point
- Cellaring 1-3 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2023"Classic strong citrus characters with lemon and grapefruit prominent, complim..."$31.99 -
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Bob Campbell MW96 points
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Raymond Chan Wi19 points
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Andrew Graham95 points
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2013
- Brand Dog Point
- Cellaring 3-5 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Dog Point 'Section 94' Sauvignon Blanc 2013"Drinking great now - Will cellar well for 3-5 years."$37.99 -
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Mike Bennie93+ points
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Raymond Chan Wi18.5+ points
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2014
- Brand Dog Point
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Dog Point 'Section 94' Sauvignon Blanc 2014"Ideally enjoyed as a young wine, may be cellared for several years."$37.99 -
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Raymond Chan Wi19 points
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2015
- Brand Dog Point
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 14.0% Alcohol
Dog Point 'Section 94' Sauvignon Blanc 2015"Section 94 is one of the world’s most distinct wines, and regularly named New..."$39.99 -
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- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2017
- Brand Dog Point
- Cellaring 1-3 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2017"Made by ex-Cloudy Bay winemakers, Dog Point is consistently one of the finest..."$28.00 -
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2021
- Brand Dog Point
- Cellaring 1-3 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2021"2021 was one of the best vintages in the Wairau Valley in recent years and th..."$31.99 -
- Variety Sauvignon Blanc
- Vintage 2022
- Brand Dog Point
- Cellaring 1-3 Years
- Wine Type White
- Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2022"Classic strong citrus characters with lemon and grapefruit prominent, complim..."$31.99
Sauvignon Blanc is a white grape, that has become incredibly popular, with increased plantings in Australia over the last 10 years. It grows best in the cooler wine regions.
Yarra Valley, Adelaide Hills, Margaret River, Orange in New South Wales and Tasmania are all regions which produce wonderful examples of Sauvignon Blanc. The coolest vintages have “grassy”, gooseberry characters, whereas, warmer vintages show more passionfruit flavour, but still with the trademark zingy acidity. In Margaret River, Sauvignon Blanc is often blended with Semillon, this creates a perfect partnership and a fuller style of wine. In New Zealand, Cloudy Bay in the 1980s began producing stunning Sauvignon Blanc wines with extraordinarily intense nettly, gooseberry, and asparagus fruit, that set Marlborough firmly on the world wine map. Today Sauvignon Blanc is now New Zealand's trademark grape.
Sauvignon Blanc is an important white grape in France, especially Bordeaux and the Loire Valley. It thrives on the gravelly soils of Bordeaux, where it is blended with Sémillon to produce Bordeaux Blancs and Cru Classé White Graves. Elsewhere in Bordeaux, it is also blended with Sémillon, to produce the amazing dessert wines of Sauternes. In the Loire Valley and particularly on the chalky soils found in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. The wines produced are very different to New World equivalents, they tend to be less pungent, more restrained, mineral with smoky, gunflint notes.
After initial problems, it is now grown very successfully in Chile. The wines are almost halfway between the Loire and New Zealand in terms of fruit character.