Chardonnay 2022

A textured, elegant, barrel-fermented English Chardonnay from Martin’s Lane in the Crouch Valley, Essex.

Chardonnay 2022

Name: Chardonnay 2022
Brand: Flint Vineyard
Price: 209.94 GBP
Availability: InStock

£209.94

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"The lovely golden hue in the glass represents the stamp of the time in oak...
The palate has a brilliant energy to it, exploding onto the tastebuds with intense lemon and green apple crispness."

- Great British Wine

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Precision fruit, rich texture, and bold intensity.

This changes everything.

A single-vineyard gem from Essex’s Crouch Valley, this wine shows what English Chardonnay can really do.

Hand-harvested, fermented in new French oak, and aged for 17 months, it’s a wine that balances structure and finesse.

It’s complex but fresh, rich but vibrant - serious, but still super-approachable. A Chardonnay that demands attention, whether you’re enjoying it now or cellaring it for later. It’s a bold statement of what great Chardonnay can be.

"This Chardonnay is exactly what I'm loving about still wines from England right now. It is fresh, aromatic, rich but 'light' and clean in the mouth."

Heidi White

"Not resting on their laurels after producing a top-tier Pinot Noir, also new to Flint’s range is their Chardonnay from the exceptional 2022 vintage."

Great British Wine

Bright, bold, and beautifully structured, this Chardonnay delivers pithy lemon, ripe apricot, and vanilla, wrapped in a rich, textured palate.

A toasty, subtly smoky finish lingers, with vibrant acidity keeping everything fresh, focused, and unmistakably Flint.

Food Pairing

Flint Chardonnay ’22 is a dream pairing for really good well prepared food - so, roast chicken, wild mushroom gnocchi, buttery crab or lobster even. Ideal for indulgent dinners, celebratory toasts, or simply when you want a glass of something extraordinary.

Technical Notes

Grape varieties:
39 % Chardonnay, 28 % Pinot Blanc, 17 % Pinot Gris, 16 % Pinot Noir. The 2023 blend puts Chardonnay at the fore, balancing its elegance alongside the structure of the Pinot varieties.

Alcohol:
12 %. No chaptilisation (the addition of sugar to adjust abv) meaning the alcohol comes 100 % from natural sugars, giving a light-bodied but for the UK a relatively high alcohol wine.

Titratable acidity:
8.2 g / L - a linear but balanced acidity, which supports the textural and oily mouthfeel of the wine.

Residual sugar:
<0.5 g / L means that we've not added any sugar to back sweeten the wine. Any residual sugar comes from unfermented grape sugars. The wine is bone dry.

Vinification

Whole-bunch, ultra-gently pressed coeur de cuvée juice allows the fermentation to be started without settling. The turbidity of juice that we yield at the press is perfect for encouraging a slow fermentation, which promotes varietal character and complexity.

Fermentation, malolactic fermentation and 12 months ageing with lees stirring (bâtonnage) all happens in 225 L barrels (80 % 3rd-fill / 20 % new). The interaction of yeast and lactic acid bacteria in oak enhance complex flavours and the use of both new and older oak lends a balanced texture.

Ingredients

Grapes harvested from Flint Vineyard, Martin's Lane Vineyard (Crouch Valley, Essex), Whitewolfe Vineyard (North Downs, Kent). Indigenous yeasts and active dried yeasts. Minimal Sulphites (<20 mg / L) - enough to protect from oxidation but well within the principles of low intervention. The wine is not cold stabilised or fined so we've made no additions to aid this. The wine is also very gently filtered at 5 micron to encourage the retention of aroma and texture.