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 DOCG Dosaggio Zero Barbalonga

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay 2024 Cantina Valle Isarco

Franciacorta Demi-Sec DOCG Nectar Bellavista

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay 2021 Marthe Henry

Rully AOC Chardonnay 2023 Domaine Roland Sounit

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

Pouilly-Fuissé AOC 1er Cru Sur La Roche 2023 Eve & Michel Rey

Trento DOC Pas Dosé Millesimato AlpeRegis 2018 Rotari

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru AOC Réserve Guy Charlemagne

Chablis AOC 1er Cru Fourchaume 2022 Louis Jadot

Spumante Dosaggio Zero Tilio Foss Marai

Trento DOC Extra Brut Michei Hofstätter

Champagne AOC Extra Brut Saint-Thierry Chartogne-Taillet

Rully AOC 2020 Jaffelin

Champagne AOC Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Inattendue 2019 Huré Frères

Toscana IGT Chardonnay 2023 Isole e Olena

Chablis AOC 2024 Louis Moreau

Piemonte DOC Chardonnay Lidia 2022 La Spinetta