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Dog Point PinotN

Name: Dog Point PinotN
SKU: 111953
Price: 46.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Wine · New Zealand · 13%

$46.99each

What it tastes like

An elegant, structured Pinot Noir with vibrant cherry fruit, red berries and a smooth finish.

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Additional information

Wine
Style: New Zealand
Origin: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.8 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Dog Point PinotN

Dog Point Vineyard was started by two couples, Ivan and Margaret Sutherland and James and Wendy Healy, after Ivan and James had worked together at Cloudy Bay. The first Dog Point wine was the 2002 vintage. The vineyard sits in Marlborough where the Brancott and Omaka valleys meet, and the name goes back to early settlers, who called a scrubby hill above the Wairau Plains Dog Point after shepherds' dogs that strayed and formed a wild pack.

The Pinot Noir grows on clay hillside slopes, in six clones planted from 1983. Everything at Dog Point is picked by hand, and the vineyards were converted to organic farming in 2009. In the winery the fruit is hand-sorted and fermented with indigenous yeasts in small open-top fermenters, then matured in French oak and bottled without fining or filtration.

The wine shows dark plum and berry fruit with spice, and the oak adds a fine, tight tannin structure. Serve it just below room temperature with roast duck, mushroom dishes, lamb or a firm cheese.