Nautilus Estate - Cuvee Marlborough ^NV

Wine tasting notes

The Nautilus Cuvee Marlborough Brut NV is pale straw in colour with a fine bead and creamy mousse. The wine has a distinctive nutty bouquet, which shows the richness of a Pinot Noir dominant blend and the benefits of extended maturation. An elegant finely structured wine in which the fruit flavours harmonise with biscuity, yeast derived complexities and crisp acidity to give a lingering dry finish.

Food matching

Try with delicious fresh oysters or parmesan wafers

Expert reviews

A blend of 75% Pinot Noir and 25% Chardonnay, the NV Cuvee Brut is made in the traditional method and disgorged after 3 years on lees. It opens with a lovely aromas of lemon curd, white peach and clotted cream-topped scones with hints of wild strawberries and buttered toast. Very fine, graceful and harmonious in the mouth, it has small, frisky bubbles and a long finish

75% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay. Made since 1991. 15% reserve wines, aged in old barrels. Full MLF. 3.5 years on lees. Dosage 6 g/l. Pale-mid lemon. Yellow apple, subtle almond nut. Loose mousse with green apple. Disjointed. Moderate length

This has complex aromas of chamomile, beeswax and some dried peaches with sappy red berries and pastry, too. Complex. The palate offers a very bright, fresh and quite crunchy feel with attractive red fruit and a lithe, juicy and succulent feel that holds long. Ruby grapefruit to close. A blend of 70% pinot noir and 30% chardonnay. Drink now.