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 Cuvée Imperiale Berlucchi

Trento Brut Blanc de Blancs DOC Maximum Ferrari

Franciacorta Brut DOCG Cuvée Real Antica Fratta

Franciacorta Brut Satèn DOCG '61 Berlucchi

Trento DOC Rosé Brut Cesarini Sforza

Chablis Premier Cru Montée de Tonnerre AOC 2022 Domaine de Vauroux

Friuli Chardonnay DOC 2023 Cormòns

Umbria IGT Chardonnay Bramìto della Sala 2023 Marchesi Antinori

Franciacorta Extra Brut DOCG '61 Berlucchi

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Sanct Valentin 2022 St. Michael Eppan

Franciacorta Brut Satèn DOCG Corte alle Stelle

Franciacorta Brut Blanc de Blancs DOCG P.R. Monte Rossa

Crémant d'Alsace AOP Brut Blanc de Blancs Arthur Metz

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay 2022 Louis Latour

Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy AOC 2022 Olivier Tricon

Franciacorta Brut Satèn DOCG Barbalonga

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Chouilly Grand Cru AOC Coste Beert Pierre Legras

California AVA Chardonnay 2021 Robert Mondavi Private Selection