Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Dog Point Vineyard is New Zealand's largest certified organic vineyard by Biogro NZ, with over 280 hectares farmed organically on the hill slopes of the Southern Valleys of Marlborough.

Its family owned and one of the oldest privately established vineyards, with the first plantings in the late 1970s by Ivan and Margaret Sutherland. Today, the next generation of the family runs the day-to-day operations.

They produce four wines including a Sauvignon Blanc, and three barrel fermented wines using natural (wild) yeasts including a Sauvignon Blanc fermented in older French oak barrels, a Chardonnay and a Pinot Noir. Their primary focus is producing wines of uncompromising quality that will cellar well.

The name Dog Point dates back to the days when dogs were the only means of protecting and managing sheep in the region.

Grapes were hand-picked from Dog Point’s own organically farmed vineyards. The fruit was gently whole-bunch pressed, and the juice underwent fermentation with selected yeast strains in stainless steel tanks, and at cool temperatures. A portion of the wine was fermented with indigenous yeasts. The wine aged on its lees for 4 months in stainless steel tanks before being bottled without fining and with minimal filtration.