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!

Champagne AOC Extra Brut La Grâce d'Hakamiah Philippe Glavier

Corton-Charlemagne AOC Grand Cru La Croix 2021 Pierre Girardin

Franciacorta Riserva Non Dosato DOCG Millesimato Sublimis 2017 Uberti

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Satèn 2020 Cavalleri

Chablis AOC 1er Cru Les Séchets 2022 Patrick Piuze

Franciacorta DOCG Pas Dosé 2019 Cavalleri

Pomino DOC Bianco Villa Petrognano 2022 Selvapiana

Trento Extra Brut DOC Giulio Riserva del Fondatore 2015 Ferrari

Champagne AOC Premier Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs La Croix Saint-Ladre 2016 Colin

Chablis AOC Premier Cru Vosgros 2022 Gilbert Picq

Langhe DOC Chardonnay Cadet 2022 Bruno Rocca

Venezia Giulia IGT Chardonnay 2023 Volpe Pasini

Pouilly-Fuissé AOC 2022 Louis Latour

Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru AOC Réserve Guy Charlemagne

Champagne AOC Premier Cru Extra-Brut Blanc de Blancs Les Prôles et Chétivins 2012 Colin

Trento Brut DOC Cuvée Blanche Letrari

Champagne AOC Bouzy Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs Lumière Delavenne

Rioja DOCa Blanco Reserva Coto de Imaz 2019 El Coto de Rioja