Marlborough

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Sauvignon Blanc That Refuses the Category

Dog Point Vineyard Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc 2017 · Marlborough, New Zealand · tasted 28 January 2021

Eighteen months in old French oak, no fining, from one block planted in 1992. Section 94 is the Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc built to argue with everything the region is known for — and three weeks earlier, a bottle of exactly that had been on the table.

Picked Under Lockdown

Allan Scott Family Winemakers Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020 · Marlborough, New Zealand · tasted 7 January 2021

New Zealand shut down two days into the Marlborough harvest. The grapes were saved by a line in a government notice — and the wine reached the table nine months later, opposite a bottle from 2000.