22/05/2025
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📅 22 May – International Chardonnay Day
🌍 From the limestone hills of Burgundy to the coastal breezes of the Sonoma Coast, Chardonnay is the shape-shifter of the wine world – and today we raise a glass to its astonishing versatility.
🍇 Origins: Chardonnay hails from Burgundy, France – more precisely from the village of the same name in the Mâconnais. It’s a natural crossing of Pinot Noir and Gouais Blanc, and it has since become one of the most widely planted white varieties on Earth.
👃 Profile: Chardonnay is a blank canvas in the best sense – capable of expressing terroir, winemaking technique, and climate. Expect green apple, citrus and chalk in cool climates; ripe peach, pineapple and butterscotch in warmer zones. Oak or no oak? Malolactic or not? Lees or stainless? The choices define its final expression.
💛 Why we love it: No other white grape spans the stylistic spectrum quite like Chardonnay. It can be taut and saline or voluptuous and creamy. It’s the cornerstone of great white Burgundy and the backbone of prestige cuvées in Champagne – but it’s also at home in new terroirs from Tasmania to Mendoza.
🌟 Wines to seek out:
Chablis Grand Cru (France) – purity, minerality, razor-sharp precision.
Meursault or Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru (France) – elegance and layered complexity.
Blanc de Blancs Champagne – 100% Chardonnay, brilliant acidity, age-worthy finesse.
Sonoma Coast or Sta. Rita Hills (USA) – saline, citrusy, and textured.
Kumeu River (New Zealand) – world-class structure and balance.
Gianfranco Bovio Langhe Chardonnay (Italy) – surprising freshness from a red-wine land.
Assyrtiko-Chardonnay blends (Greece) – a rare, briny twist on the classic.
👉 Sommeliers: What’s your go-to Chardonnay recommendation that surprises and delights your guests?
🥂 Let’s celebrate the grape that wears many hats but never loses its soul.
Bold