Ep 461: Alternatives to A Favorite - Chardonnay

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

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🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Here's the of Alternatives to Chardonnay list from the show!

Photo: Chardonnay grapes. Credit: Getty images via Canva

Chablis-Influenced – other cool climate wines

Alsace Pinot blanc or Alto Adige Pinot bianco
Dry Chenin Blanc from Loire – Savennieres (more than Vouvray)
Sancerre (same soils)
Muscadet – lees aging
Godello from Valdeorras or Ribeira Sacra

Bourgogne style –More floral, fuller, neutral to medium oak, malolactic fermentation -- full or part, mineral driven, herbal

Pecorino – Marche, Abruzzo
Soave
Fiano
Avesso from Vinho Verde
Lisboa blends – Fernao Pires blends
White Rhône blends – especially with Roussanne or Marsanne as the lead (viognier is too peachy, Grenache blanc too herbal)
Gamay – Beaujolais
New world Chenin Blanc – old vine from CA or South Africa

Heavier – oak, fuller bodied, peachy, tropical, bready (lees influence)

White Rioja
White Priorat and CndP – big wines
Aged Hunter Valley Semillon (Australia, New South Wales)
Possibly Grüner Veltliner because of the melon, tropical notes, smooth body but a little too “green” for a Chardonnay substitute

Sparkling (hard to find a substitute!) we recommend:

Crémant de Loire (Chenin)
Crémant de Alsace (Pinot Blanc)

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