Dog Point Pinot Noir

Dog Point Vineyard
Pinot noir 2019

Marlborough

Nouvelle-Zélande - Marlborough

The name 'Dog Point' derives from the early emigrants, mainly from England, and the sheep farms that accompanied their settlement.
In those days there were few fences and the sheep were guarded by horsemen and dogs. From time to time the dogs would get loose and breed into wild packs that would sometimes attack the flocks. They gathered on a hill overlooking the Wairau River, which the early emigrants called Dog Point.
Dog Point vineyards were among the first to be established on the Wairau River in the Marlborough region, the benchmark region for sauvignon blanc in New Zealand. The estate is one of the main suppliers of grapes to the Cloudy Bay estate and its management is ex-Cloudy Bay, but the Dog Point project is completely independent.
The entire vineyard, 255 hectares, has been certified organic since March 2016.               
          
     Grape variety:
100% pinot noir

    Tasting Notes:
This wine has a dark purple colour with ruby highlights. A complex, multidimensional nose of black and red fruits with hints of cut wood. You can smell the cob in this pinot noir but it is very ripe. Very nice aromatic complexity in the mouth. Concentrated, truffled with oriental spices and hints of violets. Tasty, voluptuous black and red fruit and plum. The structure is fine and the tannins are ripe.
A tasty pinot among the best from the famous Marlborough region.

    Wine style :
Delicate and complex red wine

   Food and wine pairing:
Pork shank pâté, foie gras, trumpets of death. Poularde de Bresse, old vegetables confit with pinot.


        Ageing potential :
8 years

     Analytical :
12 % Vol.
75 cl
Contains sulphites
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