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!

Chablis AOC 2022 Jean-Marc Brocard

Champagne Brut AOC Princes Blanc de Blancs De Venoge

Colline Teatine IGT Marina Cvetic Chardonnay 2022 Masciarelli

Chardonnay Piemonte DOC Costebianche 2023 Coppo

Trento DOC Brut 2020 Valentini di Weinfeld

Trento Brut Nature Millesimato DOC Inkino 2018 Mas dei Chini

Meursault AOC 2020 Reine Pédauque

Champagne AOC Blanc de Blancs Brut Vollereaux

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Damien Hugot

Crémant d'Alsace AOC Nature L'Innocent Domaine Hubert Reyser

Valle d'Aosta DOC Chardonnay Cuvée Bois 2022 Les Crêtes

Rully AOC 2020 Jaffelin

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

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay Saleit 2022 Cantina Caldaro

Champagne AOC Brut Extra Quality Blanc de Blancs Ployez-Jacquemart

Chablis AOC 2022 Jaffelin

Champagne AOC Brut Blanc de Blancs 2018 Dourdon Vieillard

Rubicone IGP Chardonnay Frizzante Sinfonia Enio Ottaviani