Chardonnay
Chardonnay is a white wine grape. In the wine market sense the Chardonnay is the greatest of all white grapes. It has almost single handedly changed the fortunes of many wine-growing regions and countries.
Tasting notes
Chardonnay can range in styles from crisp and structured, through full and rich, all the way to syrupy and fat. Flavors roam from citrus to tropical fruits, to smoke and butter, and even herbs and red raspberry. The usual constant is only the affinity that it shows to oak.
Wines
Single varietal
The following wines are 100% Chardonnay:- AOC Maranges white
- AOC Montagny
- AOC Montrachet
- AOC Musigny white
- AOC Beaujolais, Beaujolais supérieur white
- AOC Viré-Clessé
- AOC Pouilly-Fuissé
- AOC Pouilly-Vinzelles
- AOVDQS Côtes d'Auvergne white
- AOC Rully white
- AOC Saint-Veran
- AOC Petit Chablis
- AOC Aloxe-Corton white
- AOC Corton, Corton-Charlemagne, Charlemagne white
- AOVDQS Bugey Manicle - white
- AOC Chablis, Chablis grand cru
- AOC Mercurey white
Main grape
The following wines contain at least 50% Chardonnay:Blends
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The following wines contain Chardonnay as part of a blend:
- AOC Nuits-Saint-Georges white
- AOC Châtillon-en-diois white
- AOVDQS Haut-Poitou white
- AOC Côte-de-Nuits-Villages white
- AOC Auxey-Duresses, Blagny, Chassagne-Montrachet, Chorey-lès-Beaune, Ladoix, Meursault, Monthélie, Pernand-Vergelesses, Puligny-Montrachet, Saint-Aubin, Saint-Romain, Santenay, Savigny-lès-Beaune white
- AOC Beaune, Côte de Beaune white
- AOVDQS Vins de l'Orléanais white
- AOC Marsannay white
- AOC Bourgogne ordinaire white
- AOC Macvin du Jura white
- AOVDQS Vin du Bugey white
- AOVDQS Vin du Bugey Roussette du Bugey
- AOC Coteaux du Lyonnais white
- AOC Côtes du Jura white
- AOC Côtes du Jura Vin de paille
- AOC Mâcon (vins blancs)
- AOC Crémant de Loire
- AOC Beaujolais (vins blancs)
- AOC Crémant d'Alsace white
- AOC Crémant du Jura white
- AOC Fixin white
- AOC Givry white
- AOC Champagne
- AOC Vin de Savoie white
- AOC L'Etoile white
- AOC Champagne Millésime
- AOC Coteaux champenois white
- AOC Bourgogne mousseux