Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (750ml)

An absolute stand-out wine from the 2024 vintage, this has all of the telltale Dog Point flinty reduction which seems to mark all of their wines. This is made from Dog Point’s organic parcels and is a wine which has a good track record of ageing in the mid-term.Distinctive reduction on the nose leads to quite a structured palate with layered complexity over a ripe core of apple. Young, tight and with very good concentration, this is classic, displaying lovely balance and length on the pure, precise finish where a touch of minerality emerges.

Back in March, in my MoneyWeek column, I wrote up the 2023 vintage of this wine, which is a superb creation in its own right, and the 2024 vintage was, in turn, the pick of this dozen. It looked superb straight out of the bottle, with a little more weight and presence than the others, and it had real flair and energy. Then, it continued to blossom over two days while the others faded. Once again, there were none of the unwanted canned fruit salad or tropical notes that I despise, and I was left thinking of some of the more textural and expressive Pouilly-Fumés that appeal to me, such is the control and formality that Dog Point shows on its finish.