Chardonnay Wine Region Guide

Here are the best wine regions producing Chardonnay wine throughout the world.

France

• Burgundy: Cote de Beaune (Chassagne-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault, corton-Charlemagne);
• Cote de Nuits (Musigny Blanc);
• Chablis (Premier Cru, Grand Cru);
• Maconnais (Macon-Villages, Pouilly-Fuisse);
• Cote Chalonnaise (Rully, Montagny);
• Beaujolais Blanc, St. Veran);
• Champagne (Cotes des Balncs) for sparkling wine.

United States

• California (Sonoma County, Napa Valley, Mendocino County, Santa Barbara County, San Luis Obispo County, Lake County, Monterey, Santa Cruz Mountains);
• Oregon (Willamette Valley);
• Washington (Columbia Valley);
• New York (Long Island); Pennsylcania; Virginia; Texas; Idaho

Australia

• New South Wales (Hunter Valley);
• Victoria (Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Goulburn Valley);
• South Ausralia (Adelaide Hills, Borossa Valley, Clare Valley, Coonawarra, Padthaway, Southern Vales);
• Western Australia (Margaret River, Great Southern, Pemberton);
• Tasmania

New Zealand

• North Island (Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Auckland, Martinborough);
• South Island (Marlborough)

Argentina

• Mendoza (Tupungato)

Chile

• Casablanca Valley,
• Maule Valley,
• Curico Valley,
• Maipo Valley

South Africa

• Stellenbosch, Paarl, Overberg

Italy

• Trentino-Alto Adige;
• Piedmont;
• Tuscany;
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Collio);
• Lombardy;
• Marches;
• Veneto

Canada

• Ontario (Niagara Peninsula)

Elsewhere

Excellent Chardonnays are also in other parts of France (Cotes de Jura, Languedoc-Roussillon); Spain (Penedes); Austia; Portugal; central and eastern Europe (Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia); Isreal; China; and Mexico

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