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"Since debuting with the 2002 vintage, ex-Cloudy Bay winemakers James Healy and Ivan Sutherland have been fashioning some of Marlborough's finest wines under their label Dog Point"
Wine Advocate Issue #176
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Dog Point Vineyard
Chardonnay, Marlborough 2011
REGION: Marlborough, New Zealand
VARIETAL: Chardonnay
PRICE: $48.00 / bottle
FORMAT: 6 x 750 ml
CSPC: +293985 AVAILABLE: 20 six-packs
93 POINTS - Bob Campbell MW
"Impressive Chardonnay with concentrated white peach/tree fruit and citrus flavours plus a seasoning of appealing nut and bran biscuit flavours. Winemaking artefact flatters the intensely fruity core. Bone dry with a lingering finish. Great food wine." Bobswinereveiws.com |
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Dog Point Vineyard
Pinot Noir, Marlborough 2011
REGION: Marlborough, New Zealand
VARIETAL: Pinot Noir
PRICE: $57.00 / bottle
FORMAT: 6 x 750 ml
CSPC: +293829
AVAILABLE: 15 six-packs
90 POINTS - Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
"Good medium red. Sweet cherry aroma lifted by a floral note. Sweet and pliant in the mouth, with generous flavors of ripe red and darker berries and spices. Nicely shapely, suave pinot with fine-grained tannins and very good length. Delicious right now."
September/October 2013
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Dog Point Vineyard
Dog Point's Ivan Sutherland and James Healy, the former chief viticulturalist (Sutherland) and oenologist (Healy) at Marlborough's renowned Cloudy Bay, are two of New Zealand's most influential winegrowers. Together with legendary winemaker Kevin Judd they established Cloudy Bay as a New World icon, which during the 1990's became one of the world's most fashionable wines. When Cloudy Bay was eventually bought by Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, Sutherland and Healy departed to create Dog Point.
Produced from the magnificent vineyards planted in the 70's and 80's that formerly supplied Cloudy Bay, Dog Point wines are amongst the most refined in New Zealand, compellingly combining New World vitality and Old World minerality. Winegrowing is impeccable; the grapes are hand-picked, and winemaking is non-interventionist. The wines offered today represent the very best of Marlborough. They are beautifully balanced, complex, and truly astonishing value for money.
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