Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough

Founded by Marlborough royalty Ivan Sutherland and James Healy, Dog Point is a pioneer of organic, terroir-driven winemaking in the Wairau Valley. Deliberately stepping away from the region's aggressively tropical standard, the estate champions hand-picked fruit, native yeast fermentations, and extended lees contact. This meticulous, low-intervention approach yields wines of extraordinary texture, vibrant energy, and a signature, sophisticated flintiness. Dog Point remains an absolute benchmark for serious collectors seeking New World purity masterfully woven with Old World complexity and tension.

Marlborough is the wine that put New Zealand on the map - the home of Sauvignon Blanc so bright and unmistakable it became a style other countries now chase. At the sunny northern tip of the South Island, intense daylight and cool sea-tempered nights give the wines their punchy citrus and green-herb lift. But it has quietly become serious Pinot Noir country too, the same long cool autumns giving reds of genuine elegance. New Zealand's calling card, in white and red.