Planeta Chardonnay

In the glass

Aroma: butter, vanilla, ripe peach, hazelnut

Palate: rich stone fruit, cream, toasted oak, long

Planeta's barrique-aged Chardonnay from Ulmo at Menfi became one of the wines that announced Sicily's quality transformation in the 1990s: rich, buttery, confident, with Sicilian sunshine layered through Burgundian oak treatment.

What it pairs with

• Lobster thermidor
  Rich creamy oak treatment is the benchmark match for cream-sauce lobster.
• Chicken with mushroom cream sauce
  Full body and buttery notes complement rich cream-based poultry dishes.
• Scallops in butter with lemon
  Hazelnut-vanilla notes from barrique aging pair with the sweetness of pan-seared scallops.

History

Planeta's Chardonnay was one of the earliest premium barrique-aged whites from Sicily, first produced in 1994. It was instrumental in changing perceptions of Sicilian white wine quality and became one of Italy's most internationally sold premium whites in the late 1990s and 2000s.

1. 1994 — First Planeta Chardonnay from Menfi; one of Sicily's earliest barrique-aged whites

Facts

Producer

Planeta

Grapes

Chardonnay (100%)

Classification

Sicilia DOC

Oak

Fermented and aged in French barriques (50% new), 8-9 months with batonnage

ABV

14.0%

Price

EUR 24-36 at retail

Drinking window

3-8 from vintage

First vintage

1994

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