Chardonnay Day

Today is Chardonnay Day, a day dedicated to the world's most famous and widespread white grape variety. Capable of producing a wine of extraordinary qualities, Chardonnay remains, especially in evolution, a versatile and promising emblem for composing pure wines and intriguing blends of extreme charm. Its close kinship with France, to which the Burgundy wine tradition has always delivered admirable masterpieces, has not prevented this variety from also being bred in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and Chile. Italy, too, has long welcomed it as a valid expression of a generous and adaptable wine that can express itself in different ways without losing charm and elegance.

Different climates and latitudes make Chardonnay safe and ample, qualified to produce fresh, subtle and essential wines as in the Chablis region, but also rich and almost opulent wines as in the case of California and Sicily. In addition, the ageing in wood, so decisive for the success of Burgundy, configures a true production style and almost a vocation to achieve maximum organoleptic expression in refined wines with great personality such as the examples produced in the Mâconnais and the Côte de Beaune: these are the wines in which tropical fruits and the woody notes of nuts such as almond and hazelnut meet the toastiness of the barrels for a more integrated and complex flavour.

No less prestigious, the Champagne region is composed of almost 30% Chardonnay, where it is blended with Pinot Noir, or vinified alone (blanc de blancs).

From the fresh, floral bouquet to notes of ripe fruit, in short, Chardonnay is so versatile that it really does please everyone. Celebrate it with us, with this selection of the best Chardonnays, selected for you by the Vino.com sommeliers!

Chablis AOC 1er Cru Les Séchets 2023 Patrick Piuze

Pays d'Oc IGP Chardonnay Hautes Pistes 2024 Aubert et Mathieu

Collio DOC Chardonnay 2024 Cormòns

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Kleinstein 2024 Cantina di Bolzano

Vin de France Chardonnay Le Noyer 2023 Pierre Girardin

Trento Brut Blanc de Blancs DOC Maximum Ferrari

Champagne AOC Brut Chouilly Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Coste Beert Pierre Legras

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Cuvée Neyrot 2012 Demière-Ansiot

Champagne AOC Brut Nature Les Moineaux 2017 Minière F&R

Champagne AOC Brut Nature La Revers 2020 Clandestin

Chassagne-Montrachet AOC 1er Cru La Romanée 2021 Château de la Maltroye

Petit Chablis AOC Fortis 2023 Patrick Piuze

Meursault AOC Les Tessons 2022 Michel Bouzereau et Fils

Meursault AOC Les Terres Blanches 2020 Pierre Morey

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay Les Verchères 2022 Domaine Cottenceau

Livermore Valley Chardonnay AVA Morning Fog 2023 Wente

Chablis AOC Terroir De Chichée 2023 Patrick Piuze

Saint-Véran AOC Blanc 2022 Ropiteau Frères