Dog Point Marlborough Chardonnay 2021
Marlborough
New Zealand, New Zealand
Regular price£171.53
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Arriving: March 2025
| Style: White | Packaging: OCC |
| ABV: 13.5% | Closure: Screw cap |
| Organic: Yes | Drink from: 2024 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2030 |
| Grapes: 100% Chardonnay | |
Critic scores
90 AG, 94 JS, 92 GM
Critic reviews
"The 2021 Chardonnay leads with preserved lemon on the nose along with freshly picked curry leaf, white peach and spring blossoms. In the mouth, the wine is elegant and layered, with quenching acidity and cleverly managed reduction. This is sophisticated in the extreme and, most importantly, quite restrained, with the power unveiled through the extended length of flavor. This is a superb wine, a joy. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."
Erin Larkin, December 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2021 Chardonnay is a punchy little number with vim and vigor. It offers sweetness of fruit that comes with a bracing, bright, citrus-like acidity, creating firmness on the finish. This effect is the result of the high incidence of shot berries, which is a trait of the Mendoza clone and was particularly prevalent in 2021. It underwent 100% wild fermentation in barrel (10% new oak) before spending 18 months on lees. This results in croissant-like characters alongside sweet, white stone fruit and citrus flavors."
Rebecca Gibb, April 2024, Vinous.com
"Aromas of Meyer lemon, yellow apple and acacia followed by sea shell, cheese rind and a hint of hay and button mushroom. Medium-bodied, refreshing acidity. Zesty layers with fascinating complexity. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
James Suckling, October 2023, JamesSuckling.com
"In less experienced hands, the combination of concentrated ripe lemon and nectarine fruit, overlaid with new oak and some definite struck match reduction could have created an overly generous chardonnay. But instead, this is an intense, supple wine with a delightful backbone of acidity. Precise."
Jasper Morris, October 2024, InsideBurgundy.com
Erin Larkin, December 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2021 Chardonnay is a punchy little number with vim and vigor. It offers sweetness of fruit that comes with a bracing, bright, citrus-like acidity, creating firmness on the finish. This effect is the result of the high incidence of shot berries, which is a trait of the Mendoza clone and was particularly prevalent in 2021. It underwent 100% wild fermentation in barrel (10% new oak) before spending 18 months on lees. This results in croissant-like characters alongside sweet, white stone fruit and citrus flavors."
Rebecca Gibb, April 2024, Vinous.com
"Aromas of Meyer lemon, yellow apple and acacia followed by sea shell, cheese rind and a hint of hay and button mushroom. Medium-bodied, refreshing acidity. Zesty layers with fascinating complexity. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
James Suckling, October 2023, JamesSuckling.com
"In less experienced hands, the combination of concentrated ripe lemon and nectarine fruit, overlaid with new oak and some definite struck match reduction could have created an overly generous chardonnay. But instead, this is an intense, supple wine with a delightful backbone of acidity. Precise."
Jasper Morris, October 2024, InsideBurgundy.com
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