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 Nature DOCG Millesimato Blanc de Blancs '61 2018 Berlucchi

Maremma Toscana DOC Chardonnay 2024 Tenuta Aquilaia

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature La Grâce d'Alphaël Philippe Glavier

Champagne AOC Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Au Cœur des Racines 2018 Hélène Beaugrand

Toscana IGT Chardonnay Elettrice 2021 Tenuta Cafaggiolo

Bourgogne AOC Hautes Côtes de Beaune Chardonnay 2023 François Mikulski

Lazio IGT Chardonnay 2024 Casale del Giglio

Champagne AOC Réserve Rosé Telmont

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Saleit 2023 Cantina Caldaro

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay 2023 Reine Pédauque

Collio DOC Chardonnay 2022 Tercic

Crémant du Jura AOC Blanc Brut Domaine de Savagny

Trentino DOC Chardonnay Ritratti 2023 Cantina La-Vis

Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2015 Nicolas Feuillatte

Langhe DOC Chardonnay L'Altro 2024 Pio Cesare

Chablis AOC 2024 Louis Jadot

Mâcon-Villages AOC 2023 Joseph Drouhin

Chablis AOC Premier Cru 2022 Ropiteau Frères