Beautiful example of fully resolved and mature claret. None of the green or herbaceous notes I’ve read in some notes tasted about 10 years ago on this site. Not complex, but lovely in all respects. A perfect Christmas Eve wine with roast turkey, alongside the 1996 - see separate note ;-)
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Bright silvery gold colour. Immediately exciting, sexy, smoky nose of honey, beeswax, orange peel and furniture polish. With air it takes on hints of marmalade and funky pineapple, then green apple skin. Constantly evolving in the glass. Mouth puckering acids up front, with a long, smoky vegetal finish. Flavour lingers, but it’s a little short on body at present. But at 10 years old it’s also so tight, and may loosen up with further age. Length and mid-palate weight improved as the wine warmed a little. This is absolutely classic Section 94. So interesting, and I suspect great with food, perhaps roasted nuts or charcuterie. These Dog Point wines really age impressively. I drank a sublime bottle of the standard stainless steel aged 2011 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc last year – it was absolutely peaking.
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1995 Te Mata Estate Coleraine
12/24/2022 - WycroftForbury wrote: 91 Points
Beautiful example of fully resolved and mature claret. None of the green or herbaceous notes I’ve read in some notes tasted about 10 years ago on this site. Not complex, but lovely in all respects. A perfect Christmas Eve wine with roast turkey, alongside the 1996 - see separate note ;-)
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2012 Dog Point Vineyard Section 94
6/4/2022 - WycroftForbury wrote: 92 Points
Bright silvery gold colour. Immediately exciting, sexy, smoky nose of honey, beeswax, orange peel and furniture polish. With air it takes on hints of marmalade and funky pineapple, then green apple skin. Constantly evolving in the glass. Mouth puckering acids up front, with a long, smoky vegetal finish. Flavour lingers, but it’s a little short on body at present. But at 10 years old it’s also so tight, and may loosen up with further age. Length and mid-palate weight improved as the wine warmed a little. This is absolutely classic Section 94. So interesting, and I suspect great with food, perhaps roasted nuts or charcuterie. These Dog Point wines really age impressively. I drank a sublime bottle of the standard stainless steel aged 2011 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc last year – it was absolutely peaking.
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