Philosophy
Vibrant, lively and charismatic the Pukeko reflects the Sanctuary style of wine. Sanctuary wines are produced by the world’s first carboNZeroCert TM winery. Sanctuary’s philosophy is to make great wines with minimal environmental impact. By purchasing Sanctuary wines you are helping to minimise your impacts on climate change.
Winemakers Notes
This is a really nice example of fruit driven Marlborough Chardonnay. Barrel maturation in French oak has added a subtle complexity of oak and yeast lees autolysis.
Bouquet: A good whiff of nice French oak and some yeast autolysis frame classically Marlborough grapefruit characters in the wine. Soft and appealing.
Palate: Very direct and sinewy entry to the palate. Direct and linear structure, dry with nice texture added to by time in oak.
Viticulture
Standard VSP culture of a variety of Chardonnay clones.
Harvest dates: 14th march 2008 – 5th April 2008
Harvesting: Machine harvested.
Sites: Four Wairau Valley Vineyards
Vinification
A mixture of techniques have been used including barrel fermentation, tank fermentation, malo-lactic fermentation and ageing in French oak barriques on yeast lees.
Bottled: 9th February 2008
Alcohol: 13%
pH: 3.46
Titratable Acid: 6.9 g/L
Residual Sugar: 3 g/L
Style: Fruit driven with moderate complexity
Food Matches
The higher acidity and clean fruit flavors of Marlborough Chardonnays make them very well suited to wine and food matching. This wine would go nicely with pan-fried scallops, Caesar salad and sweet and sour pork.
Cellaring
This has a nice clean structure and the acid to hold it at peak drinking for up to five years.
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