Dog Point Vineyard, Marlborough
A newly established winery situated in the Wairau Valley, the major grape growing region of New Zealand. It combines the considerable wine growing experience of Ivan and Margaret Sutherland and James and Wendy Healy. The philosophy is total involvement by the partners from the vineyard through the wine making process to marketing regionally distinctive and vineyard expressive wines.
Technical Details.
Growing Region Marlborough, New Zealand
Grape Variety Chardonnay
Maturation Eighteen months in French Oak barrels, a small portion new.
Tasting Notes
Colour Straw green
Bouquet Exhibits ripe grapefruit, roasted nuts and toasty aromas together with intense yeast characters derived from contact with yeast lees.
Palate Full bodied with intense citrus fl avour, the palate is finely structured and showschalky nutty texture as a result of the indigenous ferment and extended yeast contact
Service Shellfish, fish, white meats and especially a BBQ rack of pork.
Cellaring Three to five years.
Winemaker James Healy / Ivan Sutherland.
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