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!

Chardonnay Premium 2023 Tenuta Ulisse

Venezia Giulia IGT Chardonnay W...Dreams 2022 Jermann

Pays d'Oc IGP Chardonnay 2022 Les Jamelles

Trento DOC Nature For 4 Neri 2019 Zanotelli

Trentino DOC Chardonnay 2023 La Vis

Monterey Chardonnay AVA 2022 District 7

Venezia Giulia IGT Chardonnay 2023 Di Lenardo

Champagne AOC Premier Cru Extra-Brut Parallèle Blanc de Blancs Colin

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Satèn Clarabella

Bourgogne AOC Cuvée Latour Blanc 2022 Louis Latour

Vino Spumante di Qualità Brut Pievasciata Vallepicciola

Chablis AOC La Grande Vallée 2022 Patrick Piuze

Franciacorta Brut DOCG Cuvée 22 Castello Bonomi

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Nature La Grâce d'Alphaël Philippe Glavier

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay 2023 Kettmeir

Saint-Romain AOC 2022 Reine Pédauque

Salento Chardonnay IGT Teresa Manara 2023 Cantele

Vino Spumante di Qualità Brut Calce 2017 San Marzano