“This is a global benchmark for Sauvignon Blanc” – The Wine Companion, 97 points

“Real wine! This is one of the Marlborough Sauvignons I would drink with real pleasure.” - Jancis Robinson MW, 17 points

“I love this wine… it is classy - a sophisticated showing of the best attributes of the variety.” - The Wine Advocate, 94 points

Dog Point’s newly-released Sauvignon Blanc is flintier than Fred Flinstone’s friend Flinty McFlintface. It is Marlborough at its most seamless and finessed, a Sauvignon Blanc for people who don’t like Sauvignon Blanc? It’s wonderfully pared down, and stripped right back to a minimalist interpretation of the grape, devoid of the pungent cat’s pee aromas that dog (pardon the pun) so many of New Zealand’s Sauvignons. It’s glacially pure, with cool-as-a-cucumber fruit in a delicately balanced frame of mouthwatering acidity and tender sweetness. The colour is water white and the flavours are like a mountain stream infused with frosty apples, white peach, grapefruit, shiso leaf and gun flint, pitching it halfway between Marlborough and Sancerre (that would actually be Calcutta, so please don’t take that literally). It's a seriously stylish Sauvignon Blanc that slowly impresses itself upon you with its elegance, complexity and stony, flinty character. Very gastronomic. Drink it with sashimi, fig and goat's cheese salad, tuna carpaccio, pollo milanese (an unlikely, but excellent combo!), parma ham and melon or a plate of langoustines with mayonnaise. 12.5% alc. Drink now-2032. Certified organic.

Press reviews:

The Wine Companion: “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 points

Jancis Robinson MW: “Real wine! Lots of depth to the salty, mineral fruit and a long, clean finish. This is one of the Marlborough Sauvignons I would drink with real pleasure. Clean as a whistle. Drink now-2030.” 17 points

The Wine Advocate: “The 2025 Sauvignon Blanc is textural and salty, savoury 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. Drink now-2029.” 94 points