Turner TINPOT HUT Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc NZ

Winemaker Fiona Turner has worked with Matt Thomson on many of the most successful wines made in Marlborough. The tinpot hut that gave its name to Fiona's brand is an old mustering hut in the remote hills between the Wairau and Awatere Valleys. These huts were used as a base for musterers, who were responsible for rounding up the sheep that had been in the hills from spring to autumn and bringing them down to the low paddocks for the winter. Fiona sourced the fruit primarily from her own vineyard in Blind River and combined it with grapes from some other carefully selected sites in Marlborough. After juice clarification, the wine was inoculated with pure, aromatic yeast strains and cool fermented. Once dry the wine was stabilised, filtered and bottled. The wine has lovely depth and intensity and a Sauvignon pungency that is leavened by an attractive mineral character on both the nose and palate. (12 x 75 cl)

Winemaker Fiona Turner has worked with Matt Thomson on many of the most successful wines made in Marlborough. The tinpot hut that gave its name to Fiona's brand is an old mustering hut in the remote hills between the Wairau and Awatere Valleys. These huts were used as a base for musterers, who were responsible for rounding up the sheep that had been in the hills from spring to autumn and bringing them down to the low paddocks for the winter. Delicious cool climate Syrah showing plenty of pepper and spice while it is balanced with intensity on the palate. (6 x 75 cl)

Colour (12 x 75 cl)

Redwood Pass Sauvignon Blanc is a pale straw colour. On the nose it shows ripe passionfruit , guava and fragrant citrus notes, balanced by a great mineral acidity. The palate is full flavoured ripe melon and lime with lingering gooseberry flavours. 50% (6 x 75 cl)

This wine shows lifted tropical fruit, melon and citrus notes. The palate exhibits the same fine fruit flavours with an underlying flinty note typical of Awatere Valley fruit. The finish is crisp and dry.The fruit for the Vavasour Sauvignon Blanc was har (12 x 75 cl)

A ripe, lush style of Sauvignon entirely fermented and aged in French oak. The concentration of ripe gooseberry fruit flavours is subtley enhanced by the undertone of creamy oak. Fine acidity gives balance and persistence. (6 x 75 cl)

Isabel Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc NZ from New Zealand, Marlborough by Isabel Estate Renwick Marlborough (12 x 75 cl)

A weightier style of Sauvignon. Gooseberry and herbaceous scents and flavours are enhanced by scintillating race. Reveals all the appealing characteristics of Marlborough's most popular vine variety. Bottled with screw-top closures to ensure maximum freshness (6 x 75 cl)

This wine is a blend of fruit from our vineyards with varying soil characteristics. Fruit sourced from the Estate vineyard on the upper terraces encompassed five parcels of varied Waimakiriri type soils of alluvial origin with free-draining basalt pebbles. This was supplemented by portions from the Tatou and Raupo vineyards, where the soils are a mixture of alluvial shingles with slightly higher clay contents. Indigenous yeasts and a selection of cultured yeasts were utilised for fermentation, for added complexity and texture. A small percentage of the blend was fermented in older French barriques to add depth, which when combined with regular batonnage, contributes a yeasty creaminess to fill the mid-palate. The indigenous yeast, barrel-fermentation, and extended lees contact are all used to contribute complexity, texture, and integration to this wine. (12 x 75 cl)