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!

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay 2023 Cantina Terlano

Venezia DOC Chardonnay 2023 Castello di Roncade

Contessa Entellina DOC Chardonnay Chiarandà 2021 Donnafugata

Crémant du Jura AOC Brut Marcel Cabelier

Venezia Giulia IGT Chardonnay Father's Eyes 2023 Di Lenardo

Champagne AOC Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs Laurent-Perrier

Umbria IGT Castello della Sala Cervaro della Sala 2022 Marchesi Antinori

Castel del Monte Chardonnay DOC Preludio N° 1 2023 Rivera

Valle d'Aosta DOC Chardonnay 2023 Les Crêtes

Chablis Premier Cru Vaucoupin AOC 2023 Domaine Michaut

Spumante Dosaggio Zero Tilio Foss Marai

Trento Brut Millesimato DOC 2020 Altemasi

Crémant d'Alsace AOC Brut Domaine Hubert Reyser

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Selezione Chardonnay 2023 Elena Walch

Trento Brut DOC Cuvée 28 Rotari

Franciacorta Brut Satèn DOCG Millesimato 2020 Barone Pizzini

Trento DOC Brut Conti d'Arco

Champagne Brut AOC Apanage Pommery