Tinpot Hut Wairau Valley Marlborough Riesling 2025
£14.75
The wine
Pale straw, with fresh mandarin, zingy lime and green apple underpinned by subtle jasmine.
A single-vineyard wine from the 16.5-hectare Turner home block in the Wairau. Riesling is a small part of what Marlborough plants, and it rewards the cold nights as much as Sauvignon does. Marlborough sits at the top of the South Island, where a huge swing between hot days and cold nights gives the wines their pungency and their acidity. The Awatere valley to the south is cooler, drier and windier than the Wairau, giving a leaner, more herbal style.
The producer
Tinpot Hut
View all Tinpot Hut winesTinpot Hut is the personal project of winemaker Fiona Turner, one of Marlborough's most experienced hands. The name recalls the old musterers' huts of New Zealand's high country, a nod to independence and craft.
Turner's focus is on expressive, precisely made wines from carefully chosen Marlborough sites, with an emphasis on aromatic lift and balance rather than sheer power.
The Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is vivid and zesty, the Pinot Gris textured and pear-scented, and the Rieslings, both dry Wairau Valley and the honeyed Late Harvest, show the region's gift for aromatic whites.
Polished, characterful and personally made, these are wines with a winemaker's signature. Discover Marlborough with a craftsperson's touch.






