2020 Nautilus Chardonnay

The sensuous, mouth-filling 2020 Chardonnay offers fine acidity, keeping your mouth watering and a producing light grippy sensation as it works its way down. The delicate handling (hand-picked, whole-bunch-pressed and sent straight to barrel) is reflected in the seamless texture, and the creamy sensation hails from gentle lees work. Aromatically, this speaks of a high-solids ferment with a distinctive flinty character alongside toasted hazelnut characters derived from barrel fermentation and maturation (20% new French oak). This isn't a shouty wine and should be enjoyed for its calming, suave texture. This very young wine will develop nicely over the coming five to years.