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 Extra Dry Chouilly Grand Cru Monographie Pierre Legras

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Clarabella

Meursault AOC 1er Cru Les Charmes 2021 Pierre Girardin

Friuli Grave DOC Chardonnay 2023 Torre Rosazza

South Australia Chardonnay Koonunga Hill 2024 Penfolds

Südtiroler Sekt - Spumante dell'Alto Adige Brut Nature DOC 2020 Cantina Caldaro

Riverina Chardonnay GI Family Selection 2024 De Bortoli

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Riserva Millè Edizione Speciale 2014 Muratori

Champagne Brut AOC Apanage Pommery

Champagne Brut AOC Le Blanc de Blancs Lanson

Piemonte Chardonnay Brut DOC Vallerenza Vite Colte

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Cornonero

Bourgogne AOC Cuvée des Forgets 2022 Patrick Javillier

Beaune AOC Premier Cru Grèves 2020 Domaine Jacques Prieur

Saint-Romain AOC 2022 Reine Pédauque

Chablis AOC 1er Cru Vaulorent 2022 Patrick Piuze

Champagne AOC Rosé Extra Brut Damien Hugot

Trento DOC Riserva Brut 2019 Conti d'Arco