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!

Toscana IGT Chardonnay 2021 Vallepicciola

Champagne AOC Gran Cru Brut Euphonie Secondé-Simon

Vino Spumante di Qualità Metodo Classico Stella Brancaia

Franciacorta Extra Brut DOCG Millesimato Salvàdek 2016 Monte Rossa

Venezia Chardonnay DOC Bricola 2022 Bosco del Merlo

Santenay AOC 2019 Olivier Leflaive

Chardonnay 2023 Paladin

Chablis AOC 2022 Simonnet-Febvre

Mâcon-Villages AOC 2022 Joseph Drouhin

Valle de Casablanca DO Chardonnay Reserva 2023 Emiliana

Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru AOC Mesnillésime 2014 Guy Charlemagne

Champagne AOC Brut Chouilly Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Monographie Pierre Legras

Champagne AOC Pas Dosé L’Instant B 2008 Bolieu

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay Les Vignes de la Roche 2021 Albert Sounit

Beaune AOC Premier Cru Champs-Pimont 2020 Domaine Jacques Prieur

Champagne AOC Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Inattendue 2018 Huré Frères

Valle del Bío-Bío DO Natura Un-oaked Chardonnay 2023 Emiliana

Puglia IGP Chardonnay Battigia 2023 Paolo Leo