Tinpot Hut Sauvignon Blanc
Vintage: The 2018 growing season was characterised by a dry spring & early summer. Regularrainfallrequiredrigorouscanopyandcrop management with additional shoot thinning, bunch removal, and green thinning to bring the vines and yields into balance, producing fruit of exceptional character and intensity.
Denomination: Marlborough
Grape: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Soil Type: A mixture of fertile coastal deep loam soils and one meter top soil over clay loam/loess.
Altitude: 5m-30m a.s.l.
Vinification: Fruit grown on Fiona’s own Home Block vineyard was blended after fermentation with three select parcels of fruit from the Blind River, Dashwood, and Lower Wairau sub-regions. The fruit from each vineyard was independently monitored and harvested before being carefully pressed to ensure minimal skin contact to prevent juice deterioration. Once settled, the batches were cool fermented in stainless steel tanks using specific cultured yeasts to add complexity while retaining the fresh fruit characteristics from each of the individual vineyards. Shortly after blending the wine was prepared for bottling under a screw-cap closure.
Annual Production: 200.000 liters
Denomination: Marlborough
Grape: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Soil Type: A mixture of fertile coastal deep loam soils and one meter top soil over clay loam/loess.
Altitude: 5m-30m a.s.l.
Vinification: Fruit grown on Fiona’s own Home Block vineyard was blended after fermentation with three select parcels of fruit from the Blind River, Dashwood, and Lower Wairau sub-regions. The fruit from each vineyard was independently monitored and harvested before being carefully pressed to ensure minimal skin contact to prevent juice deterioration. Once settled, the batches were cool fermented in stainless steel tanks using specific cultured yeasts to add complexity while retaining the fresh fruit characteristics from each of the individual vineyards. Shortly after blending the wine was prepared for bottling under a screw-cap closure.
Annual Production: 200.000 liters