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!

Sonoma County AVA Chardonnay 2022 Sebastiani

Trento Brut Blanc de Blancs DOC Maximum Ferrari

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

Mâcon-Villages AOC Grange Magnien 2022 Louis Jadot

Trento DOC Extra Brut Millesimato 2017 Raeticus

Valle d'Aosta DOP Chardonnay 770 2022 Rosset Terroir

Piemonte DOC Extra Dry Blanc de Blancs Esploro Bosca

Piemonte Chardonnay DOC La Fraschetta 2022 Alice Bel Colle

Franciacorta Brut DOCG Millesimato Millè 2020 Tenuta Villa Crespia Franciacorta

Champagne Brut AOC Tradition Jean Milan

Südtirol - Alto Adige DOC Chardonnay 2022 Cantina Valle Isarco

Chablis AOC 2022 Domaine de Chaude Écuelle

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Gremillet

Champagne AOC Premier Cru Brut Rosé Castille Colin

Champagne AOC Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs Le Grand Carré Hélène Beaugrand

Petit Chablis AOC 2022 Simonnet-Febvre

Trento DOC Brut 2018 Raeticus

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs AOC Second Skin Ruinart