Nautilus’ Awatere River vineyard is a small, terraced site approximately 25 kilometres upstream on the north bank of the Awatere River and Pinot was planted there in 1999. Nineteen years on, those vines are turning out super-concentrated fruit that just dances into the bottle. Silky and seductive, there’s a sniff of toast from 11 months … Read More
Nautilus Awatere River Vineyard Marlborough Pinot Noir 2014 $62.99 (4.5 stars)
Yvonne Lorkin wine column for week beginning Sat 24 March 2018
FINE WINES FROM FOREIGN CLIMES Hands up if you’re hankering to shake your same-old same-old wine buying habits and experience some international taste sensations? Then best you book an Airbnb, fuel up the Ford Fiesta and fang it to Auckland for the weekend of May 12th and 13th. Why? Because then you’ll be able to … Read More