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!

Toscana IGT Torricella 2023 Ricasoli 1141

Collio DOC Chardonnay 2024 Livon

Sicilia DOC Chardonnay 2024 Mandrarossa

VSQ Vino Spumante di Qualità Brut Metodo Classico Il Mattaglio Blanc de Blancs Cantina della Volta

Champagne AOC Blanc de Blancs Brut Vollereaux

Toscana Bianco IGT Cabreo La Pietra 2022 Ambrogio e Giovanni Folonari

Contea di Sclafani DOC Spumante Brut Regaleali 2022 Tasca d'Almerita

Sonoma County AVA Chardonnay 2022 Sebastiani

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Kleinstein 2024 Cantina di Bolzano

Saint-Véran AOC Blanc 2022 Ropiteau Frères

Navarra DO Chardonnay 2024 Viña Zorzal

Vino Spumante Blanc de Blancs Dealcolato Opale Franc Lizêr

Chablis AOC 2023 Simonnet-Febvre

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs AOC Second Skin Ruinart

Vin de France Chardonnay 2024 Pierre Ponnelle

Marlborough Chardonnay GI 2023 Saint Clair

Collio DOC Chardonnay Ronco Bernizza 2024 Venica & Venica

Trento DOC Nature For4neri 2020 Zanotelli