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!

Trento Riserva Brut DOC Aquila Reale 2013 Cesarini Sforza

Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs Perrier Jouët

Toscana IGT Chardonnay Fabrizio Bianchi 2022 Castello Monsanto

Champagne AOC Extra Dry Chouilly Grand Cru Monographie Pierre Legras

Champagne AOC Premier Cru Brut Castille Blanc de Blancs Colin

Chablis 1er Cru AOC Vaillons 2022 Louis Moreau

Montagny AOC Premier Cru Les Chaniots 2020 Albert Sounit

Terre d'Otranto DOC Chardonnay Charà 2022 Castello Monaci

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Cornonero

Bourgogne AOC Cuvée des Forgets 2022 Patrick Javillier

Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Petite Vallée

Chablis AOC 1er Cru Vaulorent 2022 Patrick Piuze

Meursault AOC 2022 Antoine Jobard

Champagne AOC Brut Chouilly Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Idée de Voyage 2012 Pierre Legras

Toscana IGT Chardonnay Sinopie 2022 Colognole

Champagne AOC Premier Cru Extra-Dry Blanc de Blancs Extravertu Colin

Meursault AOC 1er Cru Les Perrières 2020 Vincent Girardin

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay 2022 Antoine Jobard