| Chardonnay is a thousand year old small
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| | Chardonnay is a vigorous, heavy cropping
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| village in Mâconnais in the southern
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| | variety with medium sized bunches.
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| portion of France's burgundy region. The
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| | Bunches have tightly packed berries
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| famous wine Chardonnay most likely
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| | forming a single cluster not like loosely
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| originated here and was then spread
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| | spaced Shiraz bunches. A ripe Chardonnay
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| throughout France by the monks. The
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| | berry is gold yellow in colour with
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| earliest recorded reference to Chardonnay
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| | plenty of juice. Berries are small,
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| occurs in 1330 when Cistercian monks
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| | fragile, thin-skinned and require care
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| built stonewalls around their 'Clos de
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| | during harvest to avoid oxidization.
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| Vougeot' vineyard exclusively planted to
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| | Chardonnay is very sensitive to
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| Chardonnay grapes. There is another
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| | winemaking practices. Cool climate
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| hypothesis that points towards Lebanon
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| | Chardonnay produces an abundance of fruit
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| when it comes to the origins of
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| | flavours. The warmer climate Chardonnays
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| Chardonnay, but with no written
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| | may have less of the fruits but develop
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| references. Another direction points to
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| | wonderful honey, butterscotch, buttery
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| an Austrian vine very similar to
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| | and nutty oily flavours that really fill
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| Chardonnay, called Morillon. The name
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| | the mouth. The trend of fermenting
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| Morillon has been used during the middle
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| | Chardonnay in oak barrels and then
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| Ages in the region of Burgundy and was an
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| | storing it in new oak can kill the fruit
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| old name for Chardonnay in the region of
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| | characters. You know there's too much oak
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| Chablis.
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| | when all you get is vanilla and cinnamon
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| Murray Tyrrell from Australia changed the
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| | and no fresh fruit.
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| course of history for Chardonnay by
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| | The new worldwide winemakers have
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| bringing the HVD vineyard in 1982.
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| | increased the freshness and acidity by
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| Chardonnay is the most widely planted
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| | sourcing grapes from cooler climates such
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| variety in Australia and also in NZ.
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| | as Marlborough (New Zealand), Russian
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| There is more Chardonnay than Cabernet
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| | River (California), Yarra Valley and
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| Sauvignon or Shiraz.
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| | Mornington Peninsula (Australia),
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| Lately Chardonnay has become a common
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| | Constantia and Walker Bay (South Africa),
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| girls name and has had a terrible press
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| | Casablanca and Leyda (Chile), and Agrelo
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| starting with the ABC (Anything But
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| | and the Uco Valley (Argentina). This
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| Chardonnay) movement. Critics are making
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| | doesn't mean that Burgundy is forgotten.
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| case of Riesling and other people are
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| | Whites from Chablis, the Côte
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| finding Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc or
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| | Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais are very
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| Viognier worth drinking. But Chardonnay
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| | good value.
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| consistently makes better wines in a
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| | Chardonnay is back on top and as Tim
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| wider range of climates than any other
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| | Atkin, in an Observer's article advises
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| white variety. It is also responsible for
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| | "He had more exciting Chardonnays in the
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| the majority of the world's finest
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| | past 12 months than in the previous 12
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| whites.
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| | years.
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