FitVine Chardonnay

Creamy and Fresh Chardonnay with a Clean Style

FitVine Chardonnay 2024 combines the best of classic Californian Chardonnay with a more modern and fresh approach to wine. Here you get a full-bodied and smooth white wine with plenty of fruit, excellent balance, and a clean, dry finish, making it both elegant and incredibly easy to drink.

In the glass, you are met with aromas of ripe pears, golden apples, and citrus, while discrete notes of vanilla and lemon curd add extra depth. The wine has a pleasant creamy texture, but without the heavy, oak-driven style that many associate with traditional Chardonnay. This makes it fresher, more vibrant, and far more versatile with food.

FitVine Chardonnay 2024 is crafted for wine lovers who want a Chardonnay with richness and character, but without excessive sweetness or heavy oak notes. The result is a modern white wine focusing on balance, freshness, and pure taste.

What makes FitVine different?

Where many commercial Chardonnay wines use residual sugar and significant oak aging to create a softer style, FitVine opts for a more minimalist approach. The wine undergoes extended fermentation, where almost all sugar is naturally converted into alcohol. This results in a significantly drier and more precise wine profile.

FitVine Chardonnay 2024 contains only about 0.19 grams of sugar per glass and simultaneously has a classic alcohol content of 13.5%, so fullness and structure are still intact. The wine is also produced without flavor additives and with fewer sulfites than many traditional wines.

Instead of heavy oak aging, the wine is primarily finished in stainless steel tanks, which preserves the grape's fresh fruit and vibrant acidity. This results in a Chardonnay that appears cleaner, crisper, and more modern in its expression.

For wine lovers who want to avoid the heaviest and sweetest Chardonnay styles, FitVine offers an interesting alternative with a focus on transparency, balance, and drinking pleasure.

Taste and aroma

FitVine Chardonnay 2024 opens with fresh aromas of pear, green and golden apples, and citrus fruit. This is complemented by soft nuances of vanilla, lemon curd, and a hint of salty minerality, adding complexity and freshness.

On the palate, the wine is round and creamy, yet lively and elegant thanks to its fresh acidity. The fruit appears ripe and full-bodied without being heavy, and the dry style gives a clean and precise expression throughout the taste.

The finish is long, fresh, and lightly mineral with notes of citrus and white peach. The combination of richness and freshness makes the wine particularly suitable for fish, seafood, creamy pasta dishes, grilled chicken, or mild cheeses.

It is a Chardonnay that works both at the dinner table and as a glass on its own, for those who desire a more modern and balanced style.

About the winery FitVine

FitVine was founded in California in 2015 by Tom Beaton and Mark Warren with the ambition to create wines that better fit a modern lifestyle. The focus from the beginning was to create wines with low sugar content, fewer sulfites, and greater transparency about the contents in the bottle.

FitVine distinguishes itself from many other modern “better balance” wines by still prioritizing full flavor and classic alcohol content rather than making thin or alcohol-free alternatives. The philosophy is that wine should still feel like real wine — just in a cleaner and more balanced style.

The wines are primarily produced from carefully selected Californian grapes and undergo extended fermentation and extensive filtration to create the characteristic dry profile. Today, FitVine is among the most popular modern wine brands in the USA among consumers who want more transparency without compromising on the taste experience.

Specifications

• Producer: FitVine Cellars
• Country: USA
• Region: California
• Type: White Wine
• Grape: Chardonnay
• Taste: Dry, full-bodied and fruity
• Bottle Size: 75 cl.
• Alcohol: 13.5% vol.
• Natural Sugar: Approx. 0.95 g per bottle
• Added Sugar: 0 g
• Calories: Approx. 590 kcal per bottle
• Carbohydrates: Approx. 14.5 g per bottle
• Protein: 0 g
• Fat: 0 g
• Gluten: Gluten-free
• Sulfites: Contains sulfites
• Serving Temperature: 10-12 °C
• Cellaring Potential: Ready to drink now and over the next 2-4 years
• Pairs Well With: Fish, seafood, chicken, white meat, creamy pasta dishes, risotto and mild cheeses