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!

Langhe Chardonnay DOC 2024 Villa Lanata

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay Laforêt 2022 Drouhin

Champagne AOC Premier Cru Extra Brut Absolu Paul Goerg

Puligny-Montrachet AOC 2024 Louis Latour

Franciacorta Riserva Non Dosato DOCG Millesimato Sublimis 2018 Uberti

Champagne AOC Premier Cru Brut Rosé Castille Colin

Bourgogne AOP Chardonnay 2022 Parent

Monterey Chardonnay AVA 2022 District 7

Franciacorta Brut Satèn DOCG Millesimato 2021 Barone Pizzini

Venezia Giulia IGT Chardonnay 2024 Di Lenardo

Venezia Chardonnay DOC Bricola 2024 Bosco del Merlo

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs AOC Dom Second Skin 2010 Ruinart

Monthélie AOP Blanc 2022 Parent

Garda DOC Chardonnay Ca' Vegar 2024 Cantina Castelnuovo del Garda

Puglia IGT Talò Chardonnay 2024 San Marzano

Veneto IGT Chardonnay 2024 Torresella

Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs 2017 Louis Roederer

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Puntay Chardonnay 2022 Erste Neue