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!

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Altkirch 2023 Colterenzio

Contessa Entellina DOC Chardonnay La Fuga 2022 Donnafugata

Riverina Semillon Chardonnay GI Family Selection 2023 De Bortoli

Franciacorta DOCG Satèn Marchese di Lamosa

Trentino DOC Bottega Vinai Chardonnay 2023 Cavit

Valle de Colchagua Chardonnay DO Los Vascos 2022 Domaines Barons de Rothschild

Vino Spumante di Qualità Brut Pievasciata Vallepicciola

Collio DOC Chardonnay 2023 Livon

Trento Brut DOC Tridentum 2018 Cesarini Sforza

Franciacorta DOCG Dosaggio Zero Barbalonga

Veneto IGT Chardonnay 2022 Torresella

Spumante Dosaggio Zero Tilio Foss Marai

Trento DOC Dosaggio Zero Cuvée 601 Concilio

Salento IGT Bianco Edda 2022 San Marzano

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay 2023 Hofstätter

Champagne Brut AOC Cuvée Prestige Taittinger

Champagne Brut Rosé Premier Cru AOC Fernand Lemaire

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Saleit 2022 Cantina Caldaro