The cellar index

WineCollection 06

Chardonnay

A responsive white grape ranging from saline restraint to layered, cellar-worthy richness.

Origin & traditionGlobal · Burgundy, California and beyond

Character & context

Understanding Chardonnay

Chardonnay reflects climate and cellar choices with unusual clarity. Steel, lees, malolactic conversion and oak can produce profiles from lemon and chalk to orchard fruit, butter, hazelnut and smoke.

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