Producer >
Dog Point Vineyard’s family-owned estate is one of the oldest privately established vineyards in Marlborough, New Zealand. From low cropped vines grown under organic principles, their primary focus is producing wines of uncompromising quality that will cellar well.
Producing 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 (Section 94), a chardonnay and a pinot noir.
Wines are vegan, vegetarian and gluten free reflecting our low interventionist ethos. Our primary focus is producing wines of uncompromising quality that will cellar well.
Viticulture >
Wairau Valley, Marlborough
9.1 tonnes/hectare. Vines are 26 years old on average. Some plantings back to 1984.
Harvested from 24th March to 11th April 2023
100% UCD1.
Silty-clay loams, some parcels with gravels interspersed.
Winemaking >
Hand picked and whole bunch pressing of fruit prior to cold settling then fermentation.
60% of this wine is fermented using indigenous yeasts. The wine is aged for 4 months
in stainless steel tanks then bottled without fining.