Heretics Chardonnay

‘Essex is rapidly becoming the place to grow top-quality Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and for this wine, we have worked with Missing Gate Vineyard. We wanted to keep this wine as fresh as possible, so we used a stainless steel fermentation tank, which was lees stirred and blended with a touch of wine fermented in neutral, old Burgundy barrels. More technical info is below if you want the whole shebang…

We aren’t ones for flowery tasting notes laden with aromas and flavours that most people need help understanding, so we’ll keep this simple. The wine is fresh, clean, and lemony without being tart, It is beautifully balanced with a long length; you won’t notice the oak. Drink it with whatever you like – fish, a dancing partner, your picky father-in-law, Sault’s latest album (we can’t keep up), or even on your own with a bag of crisps and the stereo up to 11, or even 420, no judgements here.