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Bride Valley Wines

Dorset Chardonnay 2022, Bride Valley Wines, Dorset, England

Dorset Chardonnay 2022, Bride Valley Wines, Dorset, England

Chardonnay 100%

ABV: 12%

£25.00 GBP
£25.00 GBP
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If you weren't buying direct from the vineyard, this wine would cost you a lot more. Find out why.
Expect a wealth of fruit character on the nose – lemon sherbet, melon and green apple. The palate is dry, crisp and bright with intense mineral freshness and a spritz of citrus fruit, with a wonderful smoothness from the chalky terroir. The wine has excellent length and leaves the palate with flavours of light tropical fruit and a touch of honey.

The Chardonnay is perfect for expressing our chalky terroir and the beauty of Dorset summers - and the mild and dry autumn of 2022 provided an excellent harvest.

Awards

Silver in the Independent English Wine Awards 2025

Silver in the WineGB Awards 2025

Bronze (89 points) at the International Wine and Spirit Competition 2025



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  • 5 stars: 5 (83%)
  • 4 stars: 1 (17%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Alison

This champagne was a very nice addition to our Christmas table, the only comment I have is after half an hour of opening the taste changed from the first glass

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Arienwen

Excellent fizz -Excellent price - Very sophisticated tasting notes compared to most English Fizz Xx

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Helen

As good if not better than the best champagne.

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Alexander Taylor

We cracked several bottles of Brut Reserve for Christmas Day this year. A delicious, world-class sparkling wine - everybody loved it!

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Robert
A delight!

The Brut reserve was a delight - I'm not a regular "fizz" drinker but this was delicious. The Chardonnay was excellent, as I expected, and the Pinot Noir was even better - the oaking is just right. I would keep both the still wines for a year or two, if I could keep my hands off them...
Will be re-ordering as soon as the finance manager clears it!

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Linda

As a native of the Bride Valley I am so pleased that the late Mr Spurrier identified that its chalk hills and deep acquifer would provide the excellent growing conditions to produce these award winning wines that we can all enjoy. The terroir is evident in the flavour! I am happy to be a repeat customer, enjoying sharing these good Litton wines with friends,

What people are saying about this wine...

  • "The best English still wine we have ever tasted! Dorset's Chabblis; intence mineral freshness and a spritz of citrus with exquisite length."

  • "Aroma of candied lemon with hints of hazelnut. The palate reveals crisp green apple and zesty grapefruit, leading to a lively, textured finish." IWSC 2025

  • "A smooth, easy drinking Chardonnay with an excellent balance of fresh acidity and crisp green apples paired with honey."

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Wine Making Notes

A good season of growth led to us being able to pick plush, well ripened bunches of chardonnay with good sugar levels and expression of character for a still wine.

After the short journey to our winemakers, the grapes were crushed and destemmed to aid in good levels of extraction in the press, with the free run (initial run of juices under very little pressure) and second press being cold settled in seperate stainless steel tanks.

The total of the juice was then racked off any settled sediment and blended in together before being inocculated with our selected yeast strain to maximise on development of flavour and mouthfeel.

Once through this fermentation, the wine then underwent full malolactic fermentation, which we find builds upon of the smooth, sumptuous mouthfeel from our terroir.

A little back sweetening was performed to work with the natural fresh acidity and citrus characteristics, before a final round of filtering and bottling.

Wine Analysis

Sugar:7.4 g/L

PH:

Acidity:6.2 g/L

Vintage Notes

Dietary

Vegan, Vegetarian

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