2024 Tinpot Hut Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Product Description

Tinpot Hut’s owner and winemaker Fiona Turner began developing her Blind River “Home Block” vineyard in Marlborough’s Awatere Valley with husband Hamish in 2005. Now fully mature, the Home Block’s Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir and Riesling are the foundation of Tinpot Hut wines today. Select parcels of Blind River Grüner Veltliner and Hawkes Bay Syrah add further varietal diversity to the range.

Originally part of a large sheep farming station, Fiona acknowledged the origins of her Home Block by naming her range of wines after the historic ‘Tinpot Hut’; a Marlborough landmark frequented by local high country musterers.

Fruit for this wine was sourced from the home vineyard at Blind River to the south of the Awatere Valley and from the coastal Lower Wairau sub region 30 minutes to the north. At 28m above sea level and only a mile from the Pacific Ocean, the home vineyard is cooled during the height of summer by afternoon onshore easterly winds. A rich loamy topsoil of around 500-750 mm overlays wind-blown clay loess here. In the Lower Wairau vineyards, the dominant feature is the very deep fertile silt loam soils laid down over thousands of years near the coast.

Intense aromas of grapefruit, crushed lemongrass and thyme mingle with passionfruit and melon highlights. A complex and elegant wine with classic characters of blackcurrant bud and fresh cut thyme. Underlying mineral notes from the grapes grown in the Blind River sub region of Marlborough combine well with the more tropical notes of grapefruit and melon from the Wairau Valley vineyards. A stylish and pleasingly rich Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc with vibrant aromatics and a fine balance of acidity leading to a lingering finish.

Signature blackcurrant, lemongrass & fresh thyme flavours with a distinctive mineral palate.