Dog Point 2018, Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand24. 95 per bottle 14% ABV Pure focused fruit aromas of ripe citrus, white peach, a pleasant fragrance of white blossom. An underlying yeast influence is attained from a naturally occurring fermentation in old oak barrels for a period of 18 months. A complex full bodied style of Sauvignon Blanc with a chalky minerality and fresh herbal influence, complimented by a slightly funky reductive edge.

A grand vin that will start to reveal its full potential between five and twenty years

Serve with oysters with lemon and chilli

It is part of the Newhaven Chalk formation that developed between the Santonian and Campanian eras of the Upper Cretaceous period

dried mushroom and flower character

94% cabernet sauvignon with the rest in merlot and petit verdot

confirming that this Margaux is for the long haul

From the results of these trials would appear what we could say was the precursor of the so-called “new era” of Rioja wines

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"Beginning to open magnificently

dark and glossy in the glass

His father

Vincent Latour began turning heads in Burgundy after the release of his 2006 vintage