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!

Bourgogne AOC Les Saint Jacques 2022 Albert Sounit

Yarra Valley GI Chardonnay Sexton Vineyard 2020 Giant Steps

Terre Siciliane IGT Chardonnay La Stanza del Re 2023 Cantine Fina

Trento Extra Brut DOC Giulio Riserva del Fondatore 2010 Ferrari

Chablis AOC Grand Cru Bougros 2023 Patrick Piuze

Pouilly-Fuissé AOP La Maréchaude 2023 Domaine Saumaize-Michelin

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature Le Parc 2020 Marguet

Chablis AOC Grand Cru Valmur 2023 Labouré-Roi

Terre Siciliane IGT Chardonnay Contrada PC 2022 Passopisciaro

Chablis AOC 2023 Joseph Drouhin

Champagne AOC Blanc de Blancs Brut Rare Collection 2012 Domaines Barons de Rothschild

Champagne AOC Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Les Nogers 2018 Dhondt-Grellet

Pouilly-Fuissé AOC 2023 Louis Jadot

Emilia IGT Chardonnay Frizzante For the Future Bolle di Chardonnay Cantine Ceci

Trento DOC Brut 2020 Valentini di Weinfeld

Chassagne-Montrachet AOC Vieilles Vignes 2022 Domaine Amiot Guy et Fils

Salento IGT Chardonnay Simera 2024 Castello Monaci

Champagne AOC Pas Dosé L’Instant B 2014 Bolieu