Nautilus Southern Valleys Pinot Noir 2020
- 93
- $40
- Drink by: 2025-2031
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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 has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
