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!

Franciacorta DOCG Extra Brut Golf 1927 Barone Pizzini

Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy AOC 2022 Olivier Tricon

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Cuvée Real Antica Fratta

Friuli Chardonnay DOC 2024 Cormòns

Chablis Premier Cru Vaucoupin AOC 2024 Domaine Michaut

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Satèn Montina

Pouilly-Fuissé AOC 2024 Reine Pédauque

Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT Chardonnay Biologico 2024 Blumenfeld

Trento Brut Nature Millesimato DOC Inkino 2019 Mas dei Chini

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Cornonero

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay 2024 Hofstätter

Crémant d'Alsace AOP Brut Domaine Hubert Reyser

Franciacorta Brut Satèn DOCG Millesimato 2020 Bellavista

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Millesimato Essence Satèn 2020 Antica Fratta

Monterey Chardonnay AVA Diamond Collection Gold Label 2023 Francis Ford Coppola

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Muratori

Contessa Entellina DOC Chardonnay La Fuga 2024 Donnafugata

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Clarabella