Dog Point Chardonnay 2021
Product.Nr. 2142
This classy, single-vineyard wine is considered as one of the best Chardonnays in New Zealand. A complex and powerful wine with signature gun flint complexity and structural depth.
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Dog Point Chardonnay 2021
Reviews
Bob Campbell, MW (The Real Review): 96/100 & (#1 of 53 2021 Chardonnay from Marlborough).
Intense chardonnay with lemon curd, oyster shell, ginger, struck flint and attractively integrated spicy oak flavours. Youthful wine with bright, juicy acidity that brings energy while driving a lengthy finish. Classy chardonnay. Should develop well with bottle age.
Cameron Douglas MS: 95/100. A very enticing bouquet of ripe stone fruits and barrel spices, some wood smoke and blond tobacco suggestions. Excellent weight and intensity on the palate with a distinctive mouthfeel and texture, there’s no mistaking the oak, lees autolysis and baking spice qualities. Flavours of peaches and nectarines, grapefruit and white smoke all combine to deliver a wine of freshness and power. Best drinking from 2023 through 2029+.
James Suckling (JamesSuckling.com): 94/100. Aromas of Meyer lemon, yellow apple and acacia followed by sea shell, cheese rind and a hint of hay and button mushroom. Medium-bodied, refreshing acidity. Zesty layers with fascinating complexity. Drink or hold.
Tasting Note
A ripe citrus spectrum of fruit is at the core of a complex chardonnay with spice, toasted nuts and flint aromas. A pure and focussed palate with a bright, crunchy structure and fine acidity. The complex barrel aged flavours also imparting textures that carry on the back of the fine acidity.
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Additional information
Type: White wine
Grape varial: Chardonnay
Alcohol: 13.5% vol
Enjoy with: Scallops, white fish, poultry and BBQ Pork.
Vineyard: Dog Point Home Vineyard on clay hill slopes and surrounding foothills, Marlborough, New Zealand. Vines are 28 years old on average. Some plantings dating back to 1981.
Soil: Clay and silt/clay loams with interspersed gravel.
Winemaking: Hand picked and gently pressed straight to barrel (10% new) for eighteen months. No juice clarification with 100% wild primary and secondary fermentations. Bottled without fining and with only minimal filtration.
Winestyle: dry
Bottle size: 0.75l
Notice: contains sulfites
Cellaring potential: 2029+
Closure: Screwcap
Produced and bottled by: Dog Point Vineyards Ltd, PO Box 52, Renwick, Marlborough, New Zealand
Distributor: vinabonus GmbH, Simmedenweg 40, 34134 Kassel, Germany
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