Pask Instinct Liquid Gold Chardonnay 2025
Trust your Taste
Peach, stone fruit and pink grapefruit are joined by butterscotch and toasty oak in this Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay. Time on the lees adds texture, while the citrus note gives the lingering finish a fresh edge. Try it if you like Chardonnay with rounded fruit and a gentle oak accent.
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Rounded texture, fresh citrus and modest oak detail suit Broad palates that welcome both fruit and secondary flavours. PalateKey groups wines by how they feel, helping you find styles you enjoy. Your own taste comes first.
This suits you if you enjoy rounded Chardonnay with peach, butterscotch and subtle toast.
It may not suit you if you prefer entirely unoaked whites with a very lean texture.
Tasting Notes
- Region New Zealand
- Extras New
- Style ChardonnayRich Oaky Whites
- Type White
- Grapes Chardonnay
- Body Full
Tasting Notes
- Region New Zealand
- Extras New
- Style ChardonnayRich Oaky Whites
- Type White
- Grapes Chardonnay
- Body Full
How this wine feels
This brings a smooth, textured middle rather than a very light feel. Peach-like fruit and buttery notes are balanced by a little grapefruit freshness. Oak adds flavour without suggesting a strongly drying finish.
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How much presence and firmness the wine has in your mouth.
The drying, gripping feeling on your gums.
The fresh, mouth-watering edge of the wine.
Bitter, herbal or savoury character beyond the fruit.
How smooth and rounded the wine feels.
Ripe fruit character. This is not a sugar-sweetness rating.
Ripe fruit flavours can be present in dry wines. Sweet-Fruit Expression describes fruit character, not residual sugar.
Behind the bottle
A Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay combining Clone 6, Mendoza and Clone 15 fruit.
Half fermented in two- and three-year-old barrels; the balance aged on lees in tank for 12 months.
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