Chardonnay grape flavoured vodka to launch

The “first” vodka flavoured with real Chardonnay grapes is preparing to launch in the UK designed to “put sipping vodka back on the map”.

Vintage Velvet is described as a small batch artisan vodka and is distilled in Cambridge.

The expression is flavoured with Chardonnay grapes grown on an award-winning East Anglian vineyard.

Vintage Velvet vodka is double distilled from British sugar beet and filtered through white sand to deliver an “intense smoothness and round flavour”.

Tasting notes include caramel followed by a lasting, savoury, buttery smooth finish.

Vintage Velvet will be released in early 2016 in select bars and restaurants throughout the UK.

It will also be made available in numerous retail outlets.