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!

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

Auxey-Duresses AOC Les Clous 2020 Domaine Pierre Boisson

Sebino IGT Chardonnay Selva della Tesa 2020 Ca' del Bosco

Meursault AOC Les Grands Charrons 2022 Michel Bouzereau et Fils

Bourgogne AOC Côte d'Or Les Grandes Gouttes 2022 Domaine Rougeot

Contea di Sclafani DOC Spumante Brut Regaleali 2022 Tasca d'Almerita

Rully AOC Les Maizières 2021 Marthe Henry

Puligny-Montrachet AOC 1er Cru Les Folatièrs 2023 Pierre Girardin

Rully AOC Blanc 2022 Ropiteau Frères

Sicilia DOC Chardonnay Tascante C'eragià 2023 Tasca d'Almerita

Champagne AOC Brut Premier Cru Le Moymer Godart et Fils

Piemonte DOC Brut Blanc de Blancs Cuvage

Friuli Isonzo DOC Chardonnay 2022 Villanova

Champagne AOC Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Chemin de Reims Chartogne-Taillet

Trento DOC Extra Brut Millesimato 2018 Raeticus