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!

Chablis AOC 2023 Domaine Droin Jean-Paul & Benoit

Venezia DOC Chardonnay 2024 Ca' di Rajo

Chablis AOC Premier Cru Vaucoupin 2023 Ropiteau Frères

Champagne Brut AOC Princes Blanc de Blancs De Venoge

Chablis AOC 2023 Domaine de Chaude Écuelle

Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs Brimoncourt

Champagne AOC Brut Chouilly Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Coste Beert Pierre Legras

Livermore Valley Chardonnay AVA Morning Fog 2023 Wente

Saint-Romain AOC 2022 Olivier Leflaive

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay 2024 Kettmeir

Torgiano DOC Chardonnay Aurente 2022 Lungarotti

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay 2023 Famille Moutard

Trento DOC Riserva Brut Metodo Classico Flavio 2016 Rotari

Rubicone IGP Chardonnay Mada 2022 Enio Ottaviani

Castel del Monte Chardonnay DOC Preludio N° 1 2024 Rivera

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Puntay Chardonnay 2022 Erste Neue

Napa Valley AVA Chardonnay A26 2023 Marchesi Antinori

Champagne AOC Extra Dry Chouilly Grand Cru Monographie Pierre Legras