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!

Crémant de Bourgogne Chardonnay Brut AOC Bailly Lapierre

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay 2022 Cantina Valle Isarco

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Blanc de Blancs Freccianera 25 Fratelli Berlucchi

Trento DOC Brut Maximum Blanc de Blancs Ferrari

Collio DOC Chardonnay Gräfin de La Tour 2020 Villa Russiz

Venezia Giulia IGT Chardonnay Planta 2022 Tercic

Franciacorta Brut Blanc de Blancs DOCG Turra

Santenay AOC 2019 Olivier Leflaive

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay 2024 Cantina di Bolzano

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

Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru AOC Mesnillésime 2015 Guy Charlemagne

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay 2022 Mongeard-Mugneret

Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs Perrier Jouët

Robertson Chardonnay WO 2023 Cape Dreams

Rubicone IGP Chardonnay Mada 2022 Enio Ottaviani

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Graf 2023 Kellerei Meran Burggräfler

Trento DOC Brut Conti d'Arco

Willamette Valley AVA Chardonnay Avni 2022 Lingua Franca