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!

Sicilia DOC Chardonnay Conte Hueges 2023 Tenuta Rapitalà

Chablis Premier Cru Vaillons AOC 2022 La Chablisienne

Trento Dosaggio Zero DOC Perlé Zero Cuvée Zero 2017 Ferrari

Russian River Valley AVA Chardonnay Director's Cut 2022 Francis Ford Coppola

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Saleit 2023 Cantina Caldaro

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay 2023 Reine Pédauque

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Glarea 2023 Tramin

Champagne AOC Autentique Blanc de Blancs Brut Gervais Gobillard

Valle d'Aosta DOP Chardonnay 770 2023 Rosset Terroir

Trento DOC Brut Cuvée Blanche Letrari

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Millè Millesimato 2020 Muratori

Champagne AOC Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Besserat de Bellefon

Franciacorta Riserva Non Dosato DOCG Millesimato Sublimis 2018 Uberti

Vin Mousseux Blanc de Blancs Brut Kriter

Piemonte DOC Chardonnay Monteriolo 2023 Coppo

Champagne Brut AOC Apanage Pommery

Trento DOC Riserva Dosaggio Zero Ororosso 2019 Cembra Cantina di Montagna

Salento Chardonnay IGT 2024 Cantele