Wines made from Chardonnay grapes of Friuli Isonzo
Discover the best wines made with Chardonnay as a single variety or as a blend of Friuli Isonzo.
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 region of Frioul-Vénétie Julienne
The wine region of Friuli Isonzo is located in the region of Frioul-Vénétie Julienne of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Vie di Romans or the Domaine Bressan produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Friuli Isonzo are Merlot, Chardonnay and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Friuli Isonzo often reveals types of flavors of cream, elderflower or cinnamon and sometimes also flavors of brioche, honeysuckle or white peach.
What are the typical flavors of the Chardonnay grape variety?
- Tree fruitPresent in 9% of Chardonnay
- Citrus fruitPresent in 7% of Chardonnay
- OakPresent in 5% of Chardonnay
- Non oakPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- MicrobioPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- SpicesPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- EarthPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- VegetalPresent in 3% of Chardonnay
- Tropical fruitPresent in 3% of Chardonnay
- LemonPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
- VanillaPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
- ApricotPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
- MelonPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
- PearPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
- BananaPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
- StonePresent in 2% of Chardonnay
- StrawPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
- FloralPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
- MineralityPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
- PeachPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
News about the grape variety Chardonnay
Willamette Valley grape crop is dealt a frosty blow
On 11 April, 2022, cold temperatures, snow and frost arrived in the Willamette Valley. The pre-dawn hours of 15 April were particularly devastating, with numerous vineyards registering overnight lows of minus three to zero degrees Celsius. Gregory Jones, a research climatologist and CEO of Abacela Winery in Roseburg, Oregon, refers to the event as ‘February in April’ in his weather and climate newsletter. The frost’s timing was disastrous. Thanks to a warmer, drier Oregon winter, Chardonnay and ...
Andrew Jefford: ‘Perhaps they think “drinkers like oak”. Really?’
An electronic dart was tossed at us recently by Decanter reader Tim Frances from Kent. It landed on the screen of our magazine editor Amy Wislocki; Amy lobbed it across the virtual room to me, suggesting a column-length reply. ‘Here’s a poser,’ Tim began. ‘How do your experts grade a wine that they find intellectually well made, but that they truly madly deeply dislike? I’ve tasted wines I can admire dispassionately, but would stab my feet with forks rather than drink them. Must be a conundrum f ...
Sussex wine producers celebrate after earning PDO status
Producers including Rathfinny, Ridgeview and Bolney embarked upon their quest to turn Sussex into an appellation back in 2015. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has now finally recognised Sussex wine as a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). It will enter the register on 5 July, 2022, giving Sussex wine the same legal status as Jersey Royal potatoes, Cornish clotted cream and Stilton cheese. Mark Driver, the former hedge fund manager who set up Rathfinny Wine Estat ...