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!

Trento Brut Millesimato DOC Inkino 2021 Mas dei Chini

Champagne AOC Blanc de Blancs Brut Horizon Pascal Doquet

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay 2024 Louis Latour

Valle de Casablanca DO Chardonnay Reserva 2024 Emiliana

Trentino DOC Bottega Vinai Chardonnay 2024 Cavit

Navarra DO Chardonnay 2024 Viña Zorzal

Franciacorta DOCG Satèn Marchese di Lamosa

Toscana IGT Chardonnay Elettrice 2021 Tenuta Cafaggiolo

Franciacorta Brut Satèn DOCG Millesimato 2021 Enrico Gatti

Langhe DOC Chardonnay Re Noir 2022 Lo Zoccolaio

Alta Langa DOCG Brut Bianc 'd Bianc 2018 Cocchi

Chablis AOC Premier Cru Vaucoupin 2023 Ropiteau Frères

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Blanc de Blancs Tenuta Montenisa Marchesi Antinori

Trento DOC Extra Brut For4neri Zanotelli

Franciacorta Brut Satèn DOCG Barbalonga

Trento DOC Brut 2019 Raeticus

Toscana IGT Chardonnay Tenuta di Nozzole Le Bruniche 2023 Ambrogio e Giovanni Folonari

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