Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2024

97 Points - Halliday Wine Companion "A washing line of fresh linen, spring daisies and gently waving buffalo grass. There is lemon posset, limestone, chalk and grapefruit skin. Citrus and white stone fruit flavours centre deeply in the mid-palate, with a tantalising amount of fresh fruit sweetness and cascading and yet tapered acidity. This is just a top-notch white wine, full stop. Detailed, layered and moreish in every sense of the word. Close your eyes and take in the pretty aromas, taste the sandy dry mineral tones, consider the palate length and quality and you know you can only be drinking Dog Point from their esteemed Wairau sites in Marlborough. The savoury cream tones add further complexity and finesse. This is a global benchmark for Sauvignon Blanc." Shanteh Wale, Halliday Wine Companion, July 2025.

18.5 Points - Matthew Jukes "Back in March, in my MoneyWeek column, I wrote up the 2023 vintage of this wine, which is a superb creation in its own right, and the 2024 vintage was, in turn, the pick of this dozen. It looked superb straight out of the bottle, with a little more weight and presence than the others, and it had real flair and energy. Then, it continued to blossom over two days while the others faded. Once again, there were none of the unwanted canned fruit salad or tropical notes that I despise, and I was left thinking of some of the more textural and expressive Pouilly-Fumés that appeal to me, such is the control and formality that Dog Point shows on its finish."

17.5 Points - Julia Harding for JancisRobinson.com "Rich aroma of fresh pea pod, smoky grapefruit and clementine. Initially showing a little less obvious smoky/flinty reduction than in some vintages though this character shows more as the wine opens in the glass. Aromatic on the palate, too, with green fruits, clementine and fresh herbs and a mouth-watering salty aftertaste. Masses of acid tension to balance the ripe fruit, long smoky/flinty aftertaste. Needs another 6 months in bottle at least and my drink dates may be over-cautious. This is a decisive style of NZ SB but it is head and shoulders above the other 2024s in this line up, not just in complexity but also in depth of fruit."