Handford Wines

James Healy has worked at Cloudy Bay forever and a day. In fact it was his little blue Morris Minor which had a drive-on part in the film about Cloudy Bay in the Sauvignon episode of the Jancis Robinson’s Wine Course tv series. Ivan Sutherland has grown fruit for Cloudy Bay for about as long on 80 hectares (200 acres) near Highfield and Montana’s Brancott estate. And now, with their wives, they have set up a completely new outfit Dog Point from fruit grown on part of the Sutherland vineyard.

The Wine

Colour Straw green. Bouquet Exhibits ripe grapefruit, roasted nuts and toasty aromas together with savoury characters derived from contact with yeast lees. Palate Full bodied with intense citrus flavour, the palate is finely structured and shows chalky texture as a result of yeast contact. Food Match Shellfish, fish, white meats and especially a BBQ rack of pork. Cellaring Three to five years.

Single Bottle: £18.99

In a case of 12: £18.04