Wines made from Chardonnay grapes of Central Valley - Page 2
Discover the best wines made with Chardonnay as a single variety or as a blend of Central Valley.
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 Central Valley
The Central Valley (El Valle Central) of Chile is one of the most important wine-producing areas in South America in terms of Volume. It is also one of the largest wine regions, stretching from the Maipo Valley (just south of Santiago) to the southern end of the Maule Valley. This is a distance of almost 250 miles (400km) and covers a number of Climate types. The Central Valley wine region is easily (and often) confused with the geological Central Valley, which runs north–south for more than 620 miles (1000km) between the Pacific Coastal Ranges and the lower Andes.
What are the typical flavors of the Chardonnay grape variety?
- Tree fruitPresent in 54% of Chardonnay
- Citrus fruitPresent in 48% of Chardonnay
- OakPresent in 43% of Chardonnay
- Tropical fruitPresent in 41% of Chardonnay
- MicrobioPresent in 38% of Chardonnay
- EarthPresent in 28% of Chardonnay
- VegetalPresent in 20% of Chardonnay
- SpicesPresent in 18% of Chardonnay
- Non oakPresent in 15% of Chardonnay
- LemonPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- PearPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- CitrusPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- PineapplePresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- TropicalPresent in 4% of Chardonnay
- GrapefruitPresent in 3% of Chardonnay
- LimePresent in 3% of Chardonnay
- OakyPresent in 3% of Chardonnay
- ApplesPresent in 3% of Chardonnay
- FloralPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
- GrassPresent in 2% of Chardonnay
News about the grape variety Chardonnay
Champagne harvest 2022: top quality forecast as picking begins
The Champagne 2022 harvest has begun and picking start dates have been set for the majority of villages, the Comité Champagne has announced. Individual harvest start dates are set for each village and grape variety in the entire Champagne region. This year, dates range between 20 August (Montgueux in the Côte des Blancs) and 6 September (Dormans Soilly in the Vallée de la Marne). The Réseau Matu, a network of hundreds of vineyard control plots, is used to observe the ripening of grapes across th ...
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 ...
Vine trunks rise to meet climatic changes
While taller overall vines do exist in regions such as Galicia with their pergola training method, the roots of any vine usually top out at 37cm. It’s at this top point where the Vitis vinifera shoot is grafted in and continues to grow, giving us such grapes as Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay. This is opposed to the rootstocks which are composed of various crosses of vines such as Vitis rupestris which aren’t used for wine production but are resistant to the root louse, phylloxera. This new tal ...