Wines made from Chardonnay grapes of Australia - Page 6
Discover the best wines made with Chardonnay as a single variety or as a blend of Australia.
More informations about the variety Chardonnay
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
More informations about the wines of Australia
Australia is an extremely important wine producing country, both in terms of quality and the scale of its wine economy. Wine Australia's 2018 annual report describes it as the sixth largest wine producer in the world. That year's production was 1. 29 million litres (341 million US gallons), split 52:48 between red and white.
What are the typical flavors of the Chardonnay grape variety?
- Tree fruitPresent in 91% of Chardonnay
- OakPresent in 89% of Chardonnay
- Citrus fruitPresent in 89% of Chardonnay
- MicrobioPresent in 83% of Chardonnay
- EarthPresent in 74% of Chardonnay
- Non oakPresent in 68% of Chardonnay
- SpicesPresent in 47% of Chardonnay
- Tropical fruitPresent in 46% of Chardonnay
- VegetalPresent in 36% of Chardonnay
- CitrusPresent in 18% of Chardonnay
- OakyPresent in 15% of Chardonnay
- LemonPresent in 15% of Chardonnay
- ButterPresent in 15% of Chardonnay
- PeachPresent in 14% of Chardonnay
- PearPresent in 12% of Chardonnay
- ApplesPresent in 12% of Chardonnay
- MelonPresent in 12% of Chardonnay
- CreamPresent in 12% of Chardonnay
- LimePresent in 11% of Chardonnay
- VanillaPresent in 11% of Chardonnay
News about the grape variety Chardonnay
Hitting the right note
Last year, there was much mirth on wine Twitter about a particularly excruciating tasting note. You’re right. The wine trade needs to get out more. But still… this one was a beauty. It began well enough – really quite beautiful, in fact. But before long the imaginative descriptions were getting more ornate and strained. It moved from poetic to meaningless before finishing with a reference to Burnt Norton – the first of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets – that put it firmly in Private Eye magazine’s ...
Austria’s Wagram region granted DAC status
With the signing off by the Austrian minister of agriculture, sustainability and tourism, Elisabeth Köstinger, Wagram becomes Austria’s seventeenth DAC (Districtus Austriae Controllatus), following Wachau and Ruster Ausbruch in 2020, and Carnutum in October 2019. ‘This was not an easy nut for the winemakers of the Wagram region to crack,’ said Chris Yorke, CEO of the Austrian wine marketing board, Austrian Wine, ‘but after comprehensive discussions and much thought, the Wagram ...
Greatest vineyards: Decanter names 12 ‘to rule them all’
Decanter has published a list of ‘12 vineyards to rule them all‘, featuring some of the greatest vineyards across the globe, after consulting a selection of leading wine world experts. After much debate and discussion, the final dozen takes wine lovers on a journey across the international wine world, from Burgundy and Barolo to Napa Valley, via South Australia and Argentina – to name just a few destinations. Not everyone will agree with the choices made, of course. It’s a list that ...