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!

Morey-Saint-Denis AOC En la Rue de Vergy 2021 Domaine Bruno Clair

Chassagne Montrachet AOC Premier Cru Blanchot-Dessus 2021 Vincent Girardin

Toscana IGT Chardonnay Pievasciata 2024 Vallepicciola

Bourgogne AOC Montagny Blanc 2021 Marthe Henry

Corton-Charlemagne AOC Grand Cru 2022 Domaine Jacques Prieur

Saint-Aubin AOC 1er Cru Clos de la Chatenière 2018 Hubert Lamy

Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs AOC Les Grandes Crayeres 2020 Laherte Frères

Auxey-Duresses AOC Blanc Les Hautés 2022 Jean-Marc Vincent

Bourgogne Côtes d'Auxerre AOC 2023 Patrick Piuze

Willamette Valley AVA Chardonnay Gravel Road 2023 Roco

Rully AOC Blanc 2022 Ropiteau Frères

Bourgogne AOC Blanc 2022 Domaine Pierre Boisson

Collio DOC Chardonnay 2024 Cormòns

Valle de Colchagua Chardonnay DO Los Vascos 2024 Domaines Barons de Rothschild

Mâcon-Villages AOC Au Poirier Chanin 2020 Domaine Pierre Boisson

Monthélie AOC Les Toisières 2022 Domaine Rougeot

Saint-Romain AOC Perrière 2021 Marthe Henry

Savigny-Lès-Beaune AOC Les Goudelettes 2022 Le Puy de L'Ours