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Nautilus Estate
Southern Valleys Pinot Noir 2020

Nautilus Estate
Southern Valleys Pinot Noir 2020

The 2020 Nautilus Pinot Noir is dark ruby in colour. The complex nose displays floral characters; violets and rose petals, sweet dark cherry, plums, earthy notes and a touch of toasty spice. The palate is concentrated and elegant with a fine dense core of tannins and a long savoury finish.
Item No. NAUMPI20A6-BT
3.1 out of 5 Customer Rating
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The 2020 Nautilus Pinot Noir is dark ruby in colour. The complex nose displays floral characters; violets and rose petals, sweet dark cherry, plums, earthy notes and a touch of toasty spice. The palate is concentrated and elegant with a fine dense core of tannins and a long savoury finish.
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The Details

Tasting Note Dark ruby in colour. The complex nose displays dark cherries, plums, earthy notes and a touch of toasty spice. The palate is concentrated and elegant with a fine dense core of tannins and a long savoury finish.
Best Enjoyed With Beautiful accompanied by Venison with Star Anise
Treatment To make this wine, fruit from Pinot Noir clones 114, 115, 5, 667 and 777 was hand harvested and de-stemmed without crushing to allow a portion of whole berries in the ferment. A small amount of whole bunch fruit was also included in some ferments (average 20% whole bunch).
Vintage 2020
Varietal Pinot Noir
Region Marlborough
Alcohol by Volume 13.5%
Winemaker Clive Jones
Cellaring Recommendations Will further develop and integrate over the next five years as the wine matures.
Pack Size Options 1 , 6

Accolades

Good stuff!
Dark cherries and an encompassing savoury drive highlight this most approachable Nautilus Southern Valleys Pinot Noir. From the Marlborough region of New Zealand, those dark cherries hang for what seems an eternity with a litany of savoury characters featuring dried leaves and those autumnal things, barbecue smoke, leather, twigs and tilled earth. It reaches long with the acid well placed showing a little citrus twist. I happily have a glass. Good stuff!
Steve Leszczynski

The integration of oak and fruit is precise
It’s a wine that captures the Marlborough Pinot Noir style really well. Opens with a wave of dark cherry aroma and even a little blackberry, underpinned with a slightly smoky, spicy character. The palate delivers more sour cherry character that balances with a finishing savouriness. The integration of oak and fruit is precise and creates a seamless, textural mouthfeel. It was made with minimal handling in the winery, and this has resulted in a wine that displays a lightness of touch and vibrancy throughout.
Ray Jordan

This wine is varietal, well balanced and enjoyable
Stewed cherry-berry fruit flavours, woodsy spice notes, smoky reduction and a clean, steely, spicy finish. This wine is varietal, well balanced and enjoyable to drink, with a slight (attractive) twiggy-ness to the aftertaste.
Campbell Mattinson
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