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 Chardonnay IGT Libaio 2022 Ruffino

Trento DOC Perlé 2018 Ferrari

Trentino DOC Chardonnay 2021 Cembra

Champagne AOC Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Vieille Vigne du Levant 2014 Larmandier-Bernier

Champagne AOC Blanc de Blancs Brut Blanc Absolu Minière F&R

Mendoza IG Chardonnay 2023 Escorihuela Gascón

Saint-Véran AOC 2022 Joseph Drouhin

Champagne AOC Rosé Brut Grand Cru Dea Matra Pierre Legras

Chablis AOC 1er Cru Fourchaume 2021 Louis Jadot

Coastal Region Chardonnay WO 2023 Barista

Meursault AOC 2022 Louis Jadot

Garda DOC Chardonnay Ca' Vegar 2023 Cantina Castelnuovo del Garda

Venezia Giulia IGT Chardonnay 2022 Volpe Pasini

Venezia Giulia IGT Chardonnay 2022 Attems

Trento DOC Giulio Ferrari Riserva del Fondatore Collezione, 0,75 ℓ, Wooden box

Bourgogne AOC Les Saint Jacques 2022 Albert Sounit

Meursault AOC 1er Cru Les Santenots 2022 Douhairet-Porcheret

Franciacorta DOCG Pas Dosé Riserva 33 2016 Ferghettina