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!

Piemonte Chardonnay Brut DOC Vallerenza Vite Colte

Trento DOC Brut Perlé in Vintage Tin, 0,75 ℓ, Gift set with flutes

Pouilly-Fuissé AOC 2023 Louis Latour

Chablis AOC Premier Cru Mont de Milieu 2023 Ropiteau Frères

Chablis AOC 2023 Joseph Drouhin

Pouilly-Fuissé AOC 2023 Louis Jadot

Chablis AOC 1er Cru Vaulorent 2023 Patrick Piuze

Chablis AOC Premier Cru Montmains 2023 Ropiteau Frères

Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut AOC Reserve Duval-Leroy

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru AOC Arpège Pascal Doquet

Chablis AOC 1er Cru Fourchaume 2022 Louis Jadot

Trento DOC Extra Brut Michei Hofstätter

Rully AOC 2020 Jaffelin

Champagne AOC Brut Extra Quality Blanc de Blancs Ployez-Jacquemart

Mâcon-Villages AOC Grange Magnien 2023 Louis Jadot

Toscana IGT Chardonnay Tenuta di Nozzole Le Bruniche 2023 Ambrogio e Giovanni Folonari

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay Laforêt 2022 Drouhin

Franciacorta DOCG Dosaggio Zero Riserva Lo Sparviere