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!

Lazio IGT Chardonnay 2023 Casale del Giglio

Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs Collection Exception Sophie Bouchet

Franciacorta Brut DOCG Golf 1927 Barone Pizzini

Terre Siciliane IGT Passobianco 2022 Passopisciaro

Trento Extra Brut Millesimato DOC AlpeRegis 2017 Rotari

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Satèn 2020 Ferghettina

Franciacorta Brut Satèn DOCG Millesimato 2020 Mosnel

Franciacorta Brut Satèn DOCG Millesimato 2020 Enrico Gatti

Vino Spumante Brut Private Cuvée Chardonnay Be Lux Ca' di Rajo

Terre Siciliane IGT Chardonnay Tareni 2023 Pellegrino

Vin Mousseux Blanc de Blancs Brut Kriter

Collio DOC Chardonnay Ronco Bernizza 2023 Venica & Venica

Franciacorta Brut Satèn DOCG Millesimato 2019 Bellavista

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC 1840 Chardonnay 2023 H. Lun

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Blanc de Blancs Tenuta Montenisa Marchesi Antinori

Champagne Blanc de Blancs AOC 2015 Pol Roger

Venezia DOC Chardonnay 2023 Ca' di Rajo

Torgiano DOC Chardonnay Aurente 2021 Lungarotti