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!

Champagne AOC Premier Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs La Croix Saint-Ladre 2016 Colin

Terre Siciliane IGT Chardonnay La Stanza del Re 2023 Cantine Fina

Chablis AOC Grand Cru Bougros 2023 Patrick Piuze

Terre Siciliane IGT Chardonnay Contrada PC 2022 Passopisciaro

Bourgogne AOC Côte d'Or La Monatine 2022 Domaine Rougeot

Chardonnay from Golden Rich Soils 2023 The Wanted

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Grandes Terres 2014 Colin

Trento DOC Brut For4neri 2019 Zanotelli

Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs Erick Schreiber

Langhe DOC Chardonnay L'Altro 2024 Pio Cesare

Trentino DOC Chardonnay 2024 Cantina La-Vis

Rully AOC Chardonnay 2023 Domaine Roland Sounit

Venezia Giulia IGT Chardonnay Planta 2020 Tercic

Meursault AOC Premier Cru Santenots 2020 Domaine Jacques Prieur

Piemonte Chardonnay DOC La Fraschetta 2023 Alice Bel Colle

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru AOC Réserve Guy Charlemagne

Champagne Brut AOC Réserve Jean Vesselle

Champagne AOC Premier Cru Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Prôles et Chétivins 2012 Colin