Also Recommended
Picture
Product Name
Vintage
Price
Varietal
Country
Region
Appellation
Size
Additional Discount
Original Item
![Nautilus Chardonnay 2021 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/45/45e4586abe2dbdb025643ef632154727.jpg)
2021
$36.79
Chardonnay
New Zealand
Marlborough
750ml
6B / $36.05
Better Price
![Greywacke Chardonnay 2016 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/0a/0ac27d6b68db1b5fe7ddb1aa5bf90034.jpg)
2016
$34.80
Chardonnay
New Zealand
Marlborough
750ml
12B / $34.10
Similar Price
![Kumeu River Chardonnay Estate 2017 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/d6/d6d70cd3c25a60661643af6b669801fc.jpg)
2017
$36.04
Chardonnay
New Zealand
Auckland
Kumeu
750ml
Better Price, Better Score
![Dog Point Chardonnay 2020 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/fc/fceab8409a89b418c4c39fee8375c30d.jpg)
2020
$33.94
Chardonnay
New Zealand
Marlborough
750ml
12B / $33.26
More wines available from Nautilus
750ml
Bottle:
$31.99
A gentle perfume of cloves, red berries and orange peel lend a potpourri-like feel to this Pinot. It's slightly sappy...
750ml
Bottle:
$15.93
$17.49
Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc 2023 is pale straw in colour with aromas of gooseberry, red capsicum and citrus with hints...
![Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc The Paper 2020 750ml](https://www.saratogawine.com/files/images/cached_thumbs/73/733ccab537f7b8b856d9d5ef4b00a75c.jpg)
Pre-Arrival
Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc The Paper 2020
750ml - 1 Bottle
Bottle:
$63.95
Complex and distinctive, with dried honeysuckle and lanolin overtones to a core of apple, white grapefruit and lime...
More Details
Winery
Nautilus
Varietal: Chardonnay
There are few white wine grape varietals as famous or widely appreciated as the Chardonnay, and with good reason. This highly flexible and adaptable grape quickly became a favorite of wineries due to its fairly neutral character. This neutrality allows the wineries to really show off what they are capable of doing, by allowing features of their terroir or aging process to come forward in the bottle. As well as this, most high quality wineries which produce Chardonnay wines take great efforts to induce what is known as malolactic fermentation, which is the conversion of tart malic acids in the grapes to creamy, buttery lactic acids associated with fine Chardonnay. Whilst the popularity of Chardonnay wines has fluctuated quite a considerable amount over the past few decades, it seems the grape varietal allows enough experimentation and versatility for it always to make a successful comeback.
Region: Marlborough
The Marlborough region of New Zealand's South Island is widely regarded as one of the most ideal regions in the world for the production of high quality, flavorful and characterful white wines. The Sauvignon Blanc varietal grapes which are grown there have a long ripening period as a result of the cool climate and brisk oceanic winds, meaning they eventually express plenty of the terroir's features in the bottle alongside their fresh and various fruit flavors The region also supports many other grape varietals, although the most commonly grown grapevines aside from Sauvignon Blanc are Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Since the 1970s, Marlborough has consistently impressed the wine world with its produce, and has dominated the New Zealand wine industry, with over sixty percent of the country's vines grown in this beautiful region.
Country: New Zealand
As with nearby Australia, New Zealand has over the past century proven itself to be a superb location for producing high quality wines in vast amounts, with much of the cooler regions of both islands being used primarily for vine cultivation. New Zealand wineries are notable for their enthusiasm in regards to experimentation, and for utilizing modern technologies and methods to make the most of the imported grape varietals which flourish in the rich, fertile soils and oceanic climate. In recent years, it has been the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc wines which have gained the most attention, as a result of their smoky character and ability to carry the mineral rich nature of the terroir they grow in. Changing consumer interests have brought about a considerable rise in the production of organic and sustainable wines in New Zealand, of which again, the Sauvignon Blanc varietals are leading the way in regards to excellence, flavor and overall character.