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!

Omaka Valley Chardonnay Reserve GI 2022 Saint Clair

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut Diapason Pascal Doquet

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Satèn Muratori

Franciacorta Brut DOCG Ferghettina

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Satèn Millesimato Freccianera 2020 Fratelli Berlucchi

Alta Langa DOCG Pas Dosé Blanc de Blancs 2019 Contratto

Marlborough Chardonnay GI 2022 Cloudy Bay

Collio DOC Chardonnay 2022 Tercic

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs 2015 Damien Hugot

Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs Brimoncourt

Trento DOC Perlé 2017 Ferrari

Veneto IGT Chardonnay 2023 Torresella

Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2015 Nicolas Feuillatte

Crémant d'Alsace Brut Nature AOC Chardonnay 2020 Dopff au Moulin

Collio DOC Chardonnay 2023 Marco Felluga

Piemonte DOC Brut Blanc de Blancs Cuvage

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

Vin de France Chardonnay 2023 Pierre Ponnelle