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!

Valle d'Aosta DOP Chardonnay 770 2023 Rosset Terroir

Chablis AOC Grand Cru Bougros 2023 Patrick Piuze

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature Le Parc 2020 Marguet

Toscana IGT Chardonnay Lamelle 2024 Il Borro

Chablis AOC Premier Cru Mont de Milieu 2023 Ropiteau Frères

Chablis AOC Grand Cru Valmur 2023 Labouré-Roi

Friuli Isonzo DOC Chardonnay Jurosa 2022 Lis Neris

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

Trento DOC Brut 2020 Valentini di Weinfeld

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

Champagne AOC Pas Dosé L’Instant B 2014 Bolieu

Puglia IGP Chardonnay Battigia 2024 Paolo Leo

Chablis AOC 2023 Domaine de Chaude Écuelle

Bourgogne AOC Blanc 2022 Jean-Marc Vincent

Bourgogne Côte d’Or AOC Chardonnay 2022 Michel Bouzereau et Fils

Chablis AOC 1er Cru Vaulorent 2023 Patrick Piuze