Dogpoint Sauvignon Blanc Section 94 2017 is a rich, textured Sauvignon Blanc with nutty, citrus, and tropical fruit flavors. Aged for 18 months in French oak, it has a toasty, creamy finish. Perfect with meaty fish, tuna steak, or creamy dishes. Drink now or cellar for a few years.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 96
Published: Aug 15, 2019

This is a very tight, complex and concentrated sauvignon with flint, grilled-lemon and struck-match aromas, as well as passion-fruit pastry. The palate has a smooth textural build with pastry-like texture and flavors of peaches, lemons and mangoes that hold long. Drink now. Screw cap.

Decanter | D 92
Published: Sep 18, 2019
Drink: 2020-2022

From a single parcel within Dog Point’s vineyards, located at the confluence of the Brancott and Omaka valleys, the vines planted in 1992 on free-draining, silty clay-loam alluvial soils. A warm spring and late summer were followed by cool but good conditions into the autumn, with harvest concluded rapidly to beat heavy rains in mid-April 2017. The wine was fermented and aged in used French oak barrels for 18 months, and bottled without fining. Toasty wood to the fore on the nose, but there’s key lime pie richness and herbal notes of marjoram and bay. Ripe lemon and lime citrus with lightly tropical passion fruit and pineapple, though the fruit is underscored by a distinctly earthy/mushroom creamy character enhancing complexity on mid-palate and finish, which has great length. Best with food such as meaty fish, tuna steak or chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce.
Closure: Screwcap
Alcohol: 13.00%
Body: Medium
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 100% Sauvignon Blanc

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TASTING NOTE 
Bouquet: Restrained funk, citrus notes, exotic fruits and floral tones.
Palate: Nutty. solids give palate weight and texture.
Food match: Fish (especially Salmon), poultry, soft white cheeses.
Cellaring: Ideally enjoyed as a young wine, may be cellared for several years.

TECHNICAL DETAILS
Growing Region: Marlborough
Alcohol 14.0%
pH 3.10
Acidity 6.6 g/l
Residual Sugar: 1.25 g/l
Maturation: 18 months in older French Oak barrel

SECTION 94
A fuller bodied, textural style of Sauvignon Blanc. This single vineyard parcel is situated within the Dog Point Vineyard, using the same low cropping level from vines planted in 1992. Fruit is hand-picked, whole bunch pressed and fermented and aged in older French oak barrels for 18 months. Bottled without fining.