Dog Point Vineyard Section 94 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021
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- $50
- Drink by: 2026-2033
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A towering wine deeply rich in flavour that sends an important message about the grape. Don’t ever write Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc off just some “bungee jump into a gooseberry bush” – as famously described by one wine writer – it can be so, so much more. For starters, Section 94 is sourced off a single organic vineyard, fermented in seasoned French oak and is undoubtedly higher in alcohol (14% ABV) than most and comes with more bottle age than most. Mid gold hues. A deep, rich scent filled with jasmine, apple blossom, notes of asparagus, wild herbs and ginger. There is an equally deep flavour, quite idiosyncratic and intense. In part, it has to do with the ripeness of the fruit that moves into peach and nectarine with preserved lemon savouriness. It rolls and rolls over the tongue, almost syrupy in texture, with an added wildness of herbs, ginger and citrus. Finishes on a note of lemon pastille. Riveting stuff.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
