Known as the "Queen of White Grapes" by providing complex wines, rich and well structured. Moreover, it is quite versatile, adapting well to various wine regions around the world. For these and other reasons, it is considered the counterpart of another sovereign white, ink Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon.
Its origin is obscure. For a long time it was thought that she was a mutation of Pinot Noir, coming to be called Pinot Chardonnay. Others believed that had been brought from the Middle East by the Crusaders. Currently, ampelógrafos prestigious as Galet, claim that it is a unique varietal.
In his homeland of Burgundy, produces the best and finest white wines in the world, such as Montrachet, Meursault to the Poully-Fuissé, and also the Chablis. In Champagne, Chardonnay is the basis of the famous and highly personal foaming that takes the name of the region, most often made with cut grapes Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, but can also be vinified alone. Today is disseminated in almost all wine regions of the world, particularly Australia, California, South America and Italy as producing good Chardonnays.
The Chardonnay grape is small, round, amber and transparent to amadurecer.Transformada into wine, is the white one that best benefits from oak aging and fermentation in barrels. The wine made with this strain is full, buttery, fruity, and when the treatment includes vinification in oak barrels, it has a vanilla scent, besides being soft and not aggressive acidity present.
Aromas and flavors: apple, pear, citrus, melon, peach, pineapple, butter, wax, honey, "toffee candy" or "butterscotch" (sort of caramel made with sugar and butter or corn syrup), vanilla, various spices , wet wool (in Burgundy) and mineral (Chablis).
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