🍇 Chardonnay
One of the world's best-known white grapes, from Burgundy; the base of Chablis and many Champagnes.
Chardonnay is one of the best-known white grapes in the world. It comes from Burgundy in France. The grape arose from a cross between Pinot Noir and Gouais Blanc, and its parents are known from genetic studies.
Chardonnay adapts easily to a place. In cool places, such as Chablis, the wines are fresh and mineral. In warm ones they are fuller and fruitier. A lot depends on the winemaker: some wines are aged in oak, some in steel.
Chardonnay makes both still and sparkling wines. It is the base of many Champagnes, including blanc de blancs. It is grown in Burgundy (Chablis, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Mâcon), in Champagne, and also in Italy, in particular in Franciacorta and Trento.
The grape has many descendants, among them Chardonel and Doral. It is on the list of the most widely planted grapes.
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- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ French wine
- Where it grows
- United Kingdom: 📍 England, 📜 English Wine, 📍 South East England, 📜 Sussex, 📍 Kent, 📍 Surrey, 📍 Hampshire, 📍 South West England, 📍 Dorset, 📍 East of England, 📍 Crouch Valley (Essex), 📍 Thames Valley and Chilterns
France: 📍 Burgundy, 📍 Champagne, 📍 Chablis and Grand Auxerrois, 📍 Côte de Beaune, 📍 Côte Chalonnaise, 📍 Mâconnais, 📍 Montagne de Reims, 📍 Côte des Blancs, 📍 Côte de Sézanne, 📍 Jura
Ukraine: 📍 Odesa region, 📍 Kulevcha, 📍 Mykolaiv region, 📍 Sudak area, 📍 Novyi Svit, 📍 Sevastopol area (Southwestern Crimea), 📍 Balaklava, 📍 Belbek Valley, 📍 Podillia, 📍 Dniester Canyon (Zalishchyky)
Moldova: 📍 Codru, 📜 Hîncești, 📜 Chișinău, 📜 Orhei, 📜 Telenești, 📍 Cricova
Belgium: 📍 Wallonia, 📍 Côtes de Sambre et Meuse, 📍 Flanders, 📍 Hageland, 📍 Haspengouw, 📍 Heuvelland
Switzerland: 📍 Geneva, 📍 Three Lakes, 📜 Neuchâtel, 📜 Jura (Swiss canton), 📍 Ticino
Italy: 📍 Lombardy, 📍 Franciacorta, 📍 Trentino-Alto Adige, 📍 Trentino
Hungary: 📍 Balatonboglár, 📍 North Transdanubia, 📍 Etyek-Buda, 📍 Tolna
Liechtenstein: 📍 Liechtenstein Rhine Valley (Oberland), 📍 Vaduz
Serbia: 📍 Srem, 📜 Fruška Gora
Spain: 📍 Navarre, 📍 Somontano
Romania: 📍 Dobrogea Hills, 📍 Murfatlar
Portugal: 📍 Távora-Varosa
Austria: 📍 Leithaberg
Bulgaria: 📍 Black Sea
Croatia: 📍 Plešivica
Slovenia: 📍 Goriška Brda - Main grape in
- France: 📜 Chablis, 📜 Meursault, 📜 Nuits-Saint-Georges, 📜 Puligny-Montrachet, 📜 Bâtard-Montrachet, 📜 Chablis Grand Cru, 📜 Chassagne-Montrachet, 📜 Corton-Charlemagne, 📜 Montrachet, 📜 Musigny, 📜 Beaune, 📜 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, 📜 Corton, 📜 Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet, 📜 Crémant de Limoux and 56 more
Italy: 📍 Franciacorta, 📍 Langhe, 📍 Piedmont, 📜 Trento, 📜 Alta Langa, 📍 Trentino, 📜 Rosazzo, 📜 Curtefranca, 📜 Pomino, 📜 Vigneti della Serenissima, 📜 Colli Romagna centrale, 📜 Oltrepò Pavese metodo classico
Austria: 📍 Styria, 📍 Leithaberg, 📜 Ruster Ausbruch, 📍 Vulkanland Steiermark, 📍 Carnuntum, 📍 Südsteiermark, 📜 Steirerland
Spain: 📜 Cava, 📍 Somontano, 📜 Pago de Otazu, 📜 Pago de Arínzano
Hungary: 📍 Mátra, 📜 Etyek sparkling wine, 📜 Etyek-Buda / Etyek-Budai
Bulgaria: 📜 Varna, 📜 Khan Krum, 📜 Shumen
Belgium: 📜 Flemish quality sparkling wine
Romania: 📍 Murfatlar
Slovenia: 📍 Goriška Brda - Related to
- 🍷 White wine, 🍷 Blanc de blancs, 🍷 Franciacorta, 🍷 Champagne, 🏷️ Burgundy Grand Cru
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Sparkling wine
- Offspring
- 🍇 Charmont, 🍇 Faberrebe, 🍇 Perdea, 🍇 Chardonel, 🍇 Doral, 🍇 Liliorila
- Parents
- 🍇 Gouais Blanc, 🍇 Pinot Noir
Frequently asked questions
Where does Chardonnay come from?
From Burgundy, in France.
What wines are made from Chardonnay?
Both still whites and sparkling wines. It is the base of Chablis, many Burgundy whites and many Champagnes.
What does the taste of Chardonnay depend on?
On climate and place, and on ageing: in steel the wine is fresher, in oak it is fuller.
Similar
🍇 Pinot Noir · 🍇 Sauvignon Blanc · 🍇 Gamay · 🍇 Pinot Meunier · 🍇 Pinot Blanc · 🍇 Aligoté