Chardonnay
Chardonnay
Hamilton Russell Vineyards 2023 Chardonnay Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
South African White
Pear and lime appear with a tight mineral character. Bright natural acidity runs through the wine, and the finish is long, dry and mineral. Chardonnay grows on low-vigour, stony, clay-rich soils derived from shale. The wine is fermented entirely in 300-litre French-oak barrels and aged for nine months. Alcohol is 13.22 percent, and production totals 3,848 twelve-bottle cases.
H. Billiot & Fils 2015 Millésime Brut Grand Cru Champagne
French Sparkling
Fine, persistent bubbles accompany brioche, rose blossom, baked apple, red berries and mint. The palate is crisp and fresh, with multilayered fruit and mineral notes in a long aromatic finish. This Grand Cru Brut combines seventy percent Pinot Noir and thirty percent Chardonnay from Ambonnay. Vinification takes place without malolactic fermentation, preserving freshness within the wine's rich profile.
Domaine de Montmain 2023 Les Lapinières Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Blanc
French White
The colour is luminous, with an aromatic tropical-fruit profile. The attack is direct, and the palate is generous, fruit-driven and fresh. Chardonnay grows on calcareous marl. Grapes are hand harvested at low yields and rigorously sorted before maturation for twelve months in traditional Burgundian barrels, thirty percent of them new. The vineyard was in conversion to organic farming.
Chivite 2021 Colección 125 Gran Vino Blanco
Spanish White
Pale yellow colour has green tones. Ripe white fruit, citrus, acacia flower and bakery notes form an intense, complex aromatic profile. The palate is unctuous, dense and silky, with freshness. Chardonnay was harvested by hand, briefly macerated and pressed at low pressure. Fermentation and twelve months of ageing took place in French oak barrels with the lees in suspension. Alcohol is fourteen percent.
Domaine Tessier 2021 Bourgogne Blanc Champ Perrier
French White
Lemon, apple and ripe yellow fruit appear with mineral character. The palate is juicy, light, finely textured and focused, with a pure profile from first taste through the finish. Chardonnay comes from vines that are mostly more than forty years old. The wine spent twelve months in barriques, ten percent new, and six months in stainless steel. Alcohol is 12.5 percent.
Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé NV 375 mL
French Sparkling
Pale salmon-pink colour shows a gold sheen and a persistent mousse of fine bubbles. Wild strawberry, red fruit, fresh pear, ripe peach, grapefruit and flowers are present. The palate is delicate and rounded, with silky fruit, taut minerality, lemon acidity, fine phenolic tension and white pepper. The blend is forty percent Chardonnay, thirty percent Pinot Noir and thirty percent Pinot Meunier.
Domaine Bachelet-Monnot 2023 Bourgogne Côte d’Or Blanc
French White
Ripe and honeyed aromas accompany an open, buttery and creamy palate packed with sun-filled fruit. Firm, steely acidity brings balance, with a small liquorice note on the finish. Chardonnay comes from parcels in Puligny and Meursault, divided eighty and twenty percent. Vinification takes place in stainless steel, followed by twelve months in 350-litre barrels, twenty percent new.
Champagne Ployez-Jacquemart Extra-Brut Passion NV
French Sparkling
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier make up the blend. The grapes are harvested by hand and sorted by variety. A portion of the wine is matured in oak barrels without malolactic fermentation. Ageing takes place sur pointe in traditional cellars, limiting contact with yeast while preserving the benefits of maturation. The profile is floral, fruity, vibrant and lightly toasted, with a honeyed finish.
CheckMate Artisanal Winery 2019 Knight’s Challenge Chardonnay
Canadian White
Sagebrush, floral spice, cold tea and lychee are present, with subtle fruit and lifted oak. The palate is vibrant and textural, with honey, lime, mineral, sea salt, herbs and fruit. Chardonnay comes from Sunset Vineyard on the Black Sage Bench. The vines grow in gravelly sand on a southwest-facing slope. The wine matures for sixteen months in French oak, forty-seven percent new.
Domaine Duroché 2022 Bourgogne Chardonnay
French White
Ripe apple, chalk and white flowers are present. The texture is supple and round, with a clean, refreshing finish. Chardonnay comes from the Grands Champs parcel in Gevrey-Chambertin. The grapes are lightly crushed before pressing. The must ferments and matures primarily in used demi-muids on fine lees. The colour is pale yellow with golden reflections, and alcohol is twelve and a half percent.
Bret Brothers 2022 Pouilly-Fuissé Climat En Carementrant
French White
Chardonnay comes from a 0.55-hectare parcel at about 350 metres beneath the Roche de Vergisson. The vines are fifty to sixty years old and face south on clay-limestone soil with a high limestone content. Grapes are harvested by hand and pressed as whole clusters. Vinification and maturation take place entirely in 228-litre barrels for eleven months. The vineyard is farmed organically.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2022 Côtes du Jura Chardonnay Empreinte Sous Voile
French White
Fresh walnut, curry and dried apple appear in the aromas. The palate is firm and taut, with salinity and oxidative complexity. The finish is very long. Chardonnay grows on pink and grey Lias marl at Sainte-Agnès. The grapes are pressed directly into neutral barrels; one fifth of each barrel is left empty to encourage flor. Ageing under flor lasts thirty-four months. Alcohol is 14.5 percent.
CheckMate Artisanal Winery 2021 Fool’s Mate Chardonnay
Canadian White
The aromas include brioche, Meyer lemon, orange blossom and flint. Crème fraîche, crisp stone fruit and freshly baked bread appear on the palate, with a long mineral finish. Orchard fruit, melon, pear, nectarine and vanilla provide further detail. Fifty-four percent of the Chardonnay was aged in French oak barriques, twenty-five percent in foudre and twenty-one percent in a concrete egg.
Champagne Fleury Fleur de l’Europe Brut Nature NV
French Sparkling
Brilliant gold colour accompanies honey and acacia aromas. The palate is broad and generous, with freshness, tension, salinity and a long mineral finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay form the blend. The vineyards are certified biodynamic, and the grapes are harvested by hand. The wine receives zero dosage and spends at least three years on the lees.
Champagne Gounel-Lassalle Le Haut Belai Premier Cru Brut Nature NV
French Sparkling
Flint and biscuit minerality appear with grilled mango, red apple, honeysuckle, pear and blackcurrant. Almond, toast and brioche add savoury detail. The palate is rich, fresh and creamy, with lemon, pomelo, oak and a broad, harmonious finish. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay come from the Le Haut Belai parcel in Ludes. The subsoil combines limestone and flint, and vinification uses oak foudres and barrels.
Piper-Heidsieck 2012 Vintage Brut Champagne
French Sparkling
Tangerine, apricot, vine peach, mango, honeysuckle blossom, gingerbread and cocoa define the aromatic profile. The blend is fifty-two percent Pinot Noir and forty-eight percent Chardonnay. Ageing on the lees lasts more than five years, followed by at least twelve months after disgorgement. Fresh citrus, smoked notes, almond, pomegranate, honey, black cherry and blueberry are also present. The wine contains twelve percent alcohol.
Kistler 2014 McCrea Vineyard Chardonnay Sonoma Mountain
American White
Pineapple paste, honey-nut, guava, cashews and brioche appear with a satiny texture and zippy acidity. Dried pear, almond, savoury herbs and dried flowers are also present, together with a persistent finish. The vineyard lies on the eastern bench of Sonoma Mountain. Its soils combine volcanic material and limestone. Floral and citrus-blossom aromas and a chalk-like fruit core are part of the site profile.
White Walnut Estate 2023 Worden Hill Road Chardonnay
American White
White peach, white pepper, saline and seashell notes accompany tight citrus acidity. Flinty spice and lemon verbena are present with lime zest and fresh flowers. The medium-bodied palate is tangy, mineral, vivid and vibrant, with a clean, fresh character and a Chablis-like feel. Its linear shape remains ripe and energetic. Fruit comes from a Chardonnay site along Worden Hill Road in the Willamette Valley.
Champagne Legras & Haas Les Visions Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Brut NV
French Sparkling
Chardonnay from parcels across Chouilly forms this Grand Cru blanc de blancs. The palate has breadth and a particularly creamy middle, while the finish is fresh and persistent. Honeysuckle, citrus, elderflower and pear appear throughout the profile. The cuvée draws on most of the village’s terroirs. Wines made with and without malolactic fermentation are combined; stainless-steel and oak-barrel components are also used.
Thierry Pillot 2022 Bourgogne Blanc
French White
Fruit comes from vines more than forty years old in Puligny-Montrachet and Saint-Aubin. The wine ferments and matures for one year in older 350-litre barrels, followed by six months in stainless steel. Citrus, floral and green-apple aromas accompany succulent, round and vibrant middleweight flavours. Fine weight, depth and a touch of spice are present, with a fresh, citric character. The vineyards are farmed organically.
Olivier Leflaive 2014 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Pierres
French White
Chardonnay grows on clay-limestone soil over a rocky bank at 230 to 250 metres. The grapes are hand harvested, pressed immediately and gently, and lightly filtered. Ageing lasts sixteen months in barrel, including four months after the lots are assembled; twenty percent of the oak is new. Citron, earth, pear, sap and mineral elements appear in an intense, structured profile with a long, supple finish. Alcohol is twelve-and-a-half percent.
Champagne Nicolas Maillart Brut Rosé Grand Cru NV
French Sparkling
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are blended at sixty to forty, with seven percent still wine. Skin maceration lasted fifty-two hours; fermentation was divided equally between steel and oak. Wild strawberry, cherry and raspberry appear with rock salt and a chalky foundation. The skin contact gives a gentle blush and additional texture, while dosage is six grams per litre.
Champagne Voirin-Jumel 2015 Millésime Grand Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs
French Sparkling
Chardonnay comes exclusively from Grand Cru vineyards on the lower slopes of the Côte des Blancs, where chalk is prominent. The wine is made from a single harvest year and does not undergo malolactic fermentation. Lees maturation lasts for at least eight years. The style is Brut. The vineyards connect the villages of Cramant, Avize and Oger.
Champagne Delamotte Blanc de Blancs NV
French Sparkling
Grand Cru Chardonnay from chalk soils is vinified in stainless-steel tanks. Reserve wines form part of the blend, and maturation on the lees extends for four to five years before disgorgement. The profile is mineral and chalky. After disgorgement, ageing continues in bottle. Serve around eight degrees Celsius in a tulip-shaped wine glass to allow the mineral character to develop.
Champagne Tarlant Rosé Zéro Brut Nature NV
French Sparkling
A blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier forms this rosé Champagne. First fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel and oak barrels, while reserve wines mature in barrels. The cuvée combines white and red wines, and disgorgement is carried out by hand. Dosage is zero grams per litre, placing the wine in the Brut Nature style.
Domaine Billaud-Simon 2023 Chablis Premier Cru Montée de Tonnerre
French White
White-gold colour with green reflections accompanies mineral and spice notes. The Chardonnay shows freshness, sweet fruit and floral detail, with body and an oily texture. The Montée de Tonnerre climat lies beside the former Roman road linking Auxerre and Tonnerre, where the route climbs toward the plateau. A serving temperature of ten to twelve degrees Celsius is recommended.
Alice et Olivier De Moor 2023 Nuova Descriptio Vin de France
French White
The blend combines sixty percent Sauvignon Blanc with twenty percent Aligoté and twenty percent Chardonnay. Sauvignon Blanc is divided between direct pressing into amphora and whole-bunch maceration in tank. Aligoté macerates on skins in tank, while Chardonnay is directly pressed and ferments in barrel. The finished wine is lightly filtered and has gentle grip and bitterness. The organically farmed fruit is harvested by hand.
Champagne Forget-Brimont 2012 Millésime Premier Cru Brut
French Sparkling
Pale gold colour and fine, persistent bubbles accompany green apple, apricot and white peach. The wine is made from forty percent Pinot Noir, forty percent Meunier and twenty percent Chardonnay. The soils are mainly chalky across Premier and Grand Cru villages. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel, and malolactic fermentation is completed. Bottle ageing lasts about eight to ten years. Dosage is four grams per litre.
Champagne Tarlant Zéro Brut Nature NV
French Sparkling
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier each account for thirty-two percent of the blend; Petit Meslier, Arbanne and Pinot Blanc make up the remaining four percent. The wine has no dosage. The soils include chalk, clay-chalk, flint, silica sand and limestone. Slow gravity pressing, spontaneous fermentation and six months on the lees in French oak are used. Bottle maturation generally lasts five to six years, and the wine is not fined.
Taittinger Brut Réserve FIFA World Cup 26 Limited Edition NV
French Sparkling
Fine bubbles accompany delicate fruit and honey aromas. The flavour is balanced, fresh, elegant and refined. The non-vintage blend is forty percent Chardonnay, thirty-five percent Pinot Noir and twenty-five percent Pinot Meunier, sourced from more than forty vineyards and four different vintages. The Chardonnay proportion contributes to the fresh character. The wine contains 12.5 percent alcohol.