Chardonnay grapes (chardonnay)

Chardonnay grapes belong to important technical grapes that were bred in France back in the Middle Ages. Chardonnay grapes are still cultivated and used to produce the world-famous white wine of the same name. In viticulture, there are other names for Chardonnay grapes (Chardonnay), which indicate individual subspecies of the variety. For example, Morillon, Pinot Chardonnay, and Weisser Clevner.

However, Chardonnay grapes produce not only white wine, but also champagne. This grape variety is used in the manufacture of the famous champagne "Blanc de Blancs. " Historians claim that Chardonnay grapes have long been cultivated in the French provinces of Chamapne and Burgundy. In addition, Chardonnay grapes are cultivated in Germany, Hungary, Switzerland and the USA. The states listed above occupy the leading positions in the world in terms of the volume of supplies to the world market of wine material, as well as finished products of the highest quality.

True, true foodies and connoisseurs of Chardonnay wine argue that only the original French method of making a drink allows you to get a subtle and refined taste that is inherent in the first-class "drink of the Gods. " It is believed that the Chardonnay grape variety is perfectly suitable for the production of long-aged wine. This means that the longer the drink is aged, the richer and richer the flavour of Chardonnay's finished wine will be.

Professional winemakers call the Chardonnay grape variety ideal for the production of noble drinks. The fact is that only the Chardonnay white grape variety is highly resistant to various kinds of effects that natural wine material undergoes during the production process. It is believed that it is simply impossible to make a trashy drink from Chardonnay grapes. However, this applies only to the real Chardonnay, which is grown in the ideal conditions of French Burgundy.

It is worth noting that Chardonnay grapes rank seventh among the most common varieties of the plant around the world. In total, there are 175 thousand hectares of vineyards with Chardonnay throughout planet Earth. Chardonnay grapes differ in their parameters, as well as the shape of the fruits from other varieties of white grapes. The average Chardonnay cluster does not exceed 13 cm in length and 10 cm in width. Usually, the Chardonnay cluster has a regular cylindrical-conical shape and does not exceed 100 grams in weight.

The rounded and only slightly oval berries of Chardonnay grapes do not exceed 16 mm in diameter and differ in their yellow and greenish tint. In modern viticulture, there are a large number of clones of Chardonnay grapes, the taste and consumer characteristics of which vary among themselves and help winemakers achieve a wider range of shades of white wine taste.