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Dog Point 2023, Chardonnay, Marlborough, New Zealand £24.95 - Buy Now

Similarly cool, temperate, maritime-influenced New Zealand makes some glorious Côte d’Or-inspired, French oak-fermented and aged chardonnay that is a dead ringer for the real thing. The maritime influence in particular gives Kiwi chardonnay an extra herbaceous lick that you just don’t get elsewhere in the New World. Check out Dog Point, one of a handful of top Kiwi estates. Their gorgeous 2023 Chardonnay is a majestic, flinty, oaky, citrussy, Puligny-like gem with lingering, toasted hazelnut spice.
Jane MacQuitty, The Times 15th May 2026