Nautilus Estate Sauvignon Blanc

Winemaker’s notes: the 2016 nautilus sauvignon blanc displays intense aromas of ripe passionfruit elderflower limes and fresh herbs. The palate introduces a delightful lime/citrus based mouth-watering intensity and finishes with a strong textural component. Vintage: prior to christmas all the talk was about drought. Fruit set was good but would we have enough water to get through the season and what effect would this have on bunch size. Certainly the river was low. But of course mother nature intervened and a couple of timely rains in january during the critical phase when the berries size up meant that a crop that was looking average at best ended up above average in size. Our response was to do a significant amount of thinning in our sauvignon blanc vineyards to get the vines back into balance. A key feature this year was lower acidity (by normal marlborough standards) bright fruit flavours and a nice mineral texture across all the wines. W i n e m a k i n g: the fruit was mac