Tinpot Hut, Marlborough Pinot Gris
£18.95 per bottle
12.5% ABV
TASTING NOTES
Pale straw yellow in colour, this wine boasts fragrant aromas of spice, pear and stone fruit, with underlying notes of brioche and freshly cut spring flowers. The well-rounded palate balances fresh pear, stone fruit and nutmeg with a vibrant acidity for a mouthwatering finish.
PRODUCER
Tinpot Hut wines are made primarily from fruit grown on winemaker Fiona Turner's vineyard in Blind River. Fiona, who has worked with Matt Thomson for a number of years, supplements her own grapes with fruit from other growers in Marlborough. The tinpot hut that gave its name to Fiona's wines is an old mustering hut in the remote hills between the Wairau and Awatere Valleys. The huts were used as a base for musterers as they rounded up the sheep that had been in the hills from spring to autumn. The name links Marlborough's past as a sheep farming centre with its current state as one of the world's most dynamic wine regions.
