Dog Point Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022

95-94 POINTS: Heiner Lobenberg
93+ POINTS: Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

13.5% Abv

“The Dog Point Pinot Noir is made from six different Pinot Noir clones, the oldest vines of which are over 35 years old. Powerful, concentrated, ripe plums, black cherry, mulberry, licorice and aniseed. Here we are between Markus Molitor's slate spice and Fritz Becker's limestone elegance with cherry fruit. Lots of elderberry and impressive cherry flavors give the wine great depth and structure. The balanced tannins give it soul and brilliance. You could also blindly place it after Bannockburn, Felton Road is almost within reach of Dog Point in terms of quality. For Marlborough, this is definitely great Pinot cinema.”
— 95-94 Points, Heiner Lobenberg

“The 2022 Pinot Noir leads with black cherry and star anise, strawberry top and a hint of pomegranate molasses. The wine is light and chalky, with attractive clarity in the glass and brilliant length through the finish. There is a dusting of cocoa and licorice at the edges of the aromas. It's a beautiful wine, one that ages slowly and gracefully over the decades. The tannins here are grippy and yet pulverized in structure; they serve to cup and cradle the fruit, never intrude but forever guiding. About 30% whole clusters were used in the ferment. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.”
— 93+ Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate