Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough – 2025

Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc is arguably New Zealand’s finest unoaked example of this grape each year. It combines pungent grapefruit and passion fruit flavours with purity, minerality and almost Sancerre-like restraint. Certified organic.

This is the highest scoring 2025 vintage New Zealand white wine on jancisrobinson.com.

“Full screwcapped bottle just 1,170 g. Big crop took some time to ripen, resulting in the longest harvest period in 24 years (46 days). Hand-picked. Spontaneous fermentation and aged in tank for five months before bottling without fining. Appellation Marlborough Wine certified.
Real wine! Lots of depth to the salty, mineral fruit and a long, clean finish. No evidence of added sugar. This is one of the Marlborough Sauvignons I would drink with real pleasure. Clean as a whistle.” 17/20pts Jancis Robinson MW

“A wine that catches you off guard with its familiar waft of candle wax and sparkler flint. There’s a wistful white floral aroma of frangipani and freesia drawing you in. As it opens, notes of  pomelo, white pear and pineapple emerge. The wine then lights up like fireworks – the soft, sparkling kind – revealing hints of lemonade, yellow melon and a glittering acidity that is carefully bridled. Nuances of celery heart and fresh ginger follow, adding complexity. It is exquisite in its balance – teetering tropical notes, the fragility of herbal suggestion and an utterly moreish finish.” 97/100 The Halliday Wine Companion

“The 2025 Sauvignon Blanc is textural and salty, savory and complex. I love this wine for its tether to place, but its elevation beyond it. It isn’t overt in its styling, nor pungent in its aromas; it is classy – a sophisticated showing of the best attributes of the variety.” 94/100 Wine Advocate