If you are not a fan of wines made from Chardonnay or just want to explore wines that taste nothing like this grape variety, this video is for you!
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🍷 Pazo de Senorans Albarino, Rias Baixas, Spain
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**CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO:
0:00 Grape Varieties to Try If You Don’t Like Chardonnay
1:03 Grape 1
2:34 Grape 2
4:03 Grape 3
5:20 Grape 4
6:53 Grape 5.. What??
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27 Comments
White Burgundy, including Chablis, is probably my favourite white wine, closely followed by Alsace riesling and Rhone Valley viognier. Agree about albarino but also enjoy NZ chardonnay, SA chenin blanc, Alsace pinot gris, some Piedmont whites, and white Rioja. But gewurtztraminer: definitely not. I also enjoy some southern Italian whites, such as fiano. But nothing beats a white Burgundy from a decent year: I am currently enjoying the 2014s.
Certain critics highly scored heavily oaked an super malo/buttery versions of chardonnay. So many winemakers followed that formula and a stigma was born. It's nice to see that going away and more winemakers embracing less of both and making balanced chardonnays where you can actually distinguish the fruit. For my own personal tastes I'd add Viognier for it's floral qualities, and Roussanne that's made texturally with the sacrifice to higher acidity.
I've just recently discovered Gewürztraminer from Südtirol (Meran and St. Michael-Eppan so far), great fresher expression of the variety. I like Chardonnay, I don't like vanilla and butter. At the moment most from Germany and Northern Italy are quite nice.
🎉 Great Chardonnay alternatives Agnese. Your vinous 411 is always so helpful in my wine 🍷 journey. Im so glad you're guiding me on the wine exploration path, with your great videos.❤ 😊
I'm not a big fan of Chard, except in sparkling wines, but I do enjoy all the alternatives you mentioned, plus one I think I got from another vid of yours, Rousanne. Cheers!
Hi Agnes, I love Chardonnay in all the ways! Said that I like to change wine sort a lot so…, in Italy we have a lot grape varieties and a lot of choices…Verdicchio, Cataratto, Inzolia, etc; etc. thank God. Neverless I like a lot Chenin Blanc from South Africa. Cheers!!!
White burgundy any day any time including Chablis🥂
I like Chardonnay from NZ and Oregon. Not too much oak, something more balanced.
I don’t like Chardonnay.. I think something was wrong with me.. thanks a lot for this video!! 🎉 🎉
I started out with Chardonnay decades ago and then gave up on it. But in the last couple of years, I’ve been revisiting and finding Chardonnay in neutral Oak to be fruity and bright and fresh. I have found new examples of it that I do enjoy. I just finished a bottle of pecorino last night. That was amazing. I recently had a Chenin Blanc that was also quite good. And then there’s Viognier. So many Great white wines so little time. Thanks for the video it was instructed.
Stopped drinking chardonnay in the 1990's when oak took over the wine in Australia. These days I just love NZ sauv blanc, particularly Cloudy Bay, but when in Europe where we travel every year, I can't wait to get to NE Italy and Korcula. Pinot Grigio, here I come!! However, I've taken on board your suggestion….. give chardonnay another chance. We'll be in France in August and will give it a go… any (reasonable) recommendations?
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I’m a ABC guy. Always Buy Chardonnay…. 👍😁😎. But some great options shared. Cheers.
I enjoy, viognier, chenin blanc and pinot gris, none of which are chardonnay! 🙂
What about Assyrtiko?
I never understood the ABC movement- how could you not any of the Chardonnay from Champagne, Chablis, Cote d'Or White Burgundy, California, and Oregon??? But this a great video nonetheless and features many fantastic wines- I love them all! And I enjoyed this video drinking a glass of chardonnay!
I’m surprised that you didn’t include Chenin Blanc or Roussanne. Those are perfect alternatives with their waxy texture. I do like Chardonnay from time to time though I mainly prefer Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux if it has a large percentage of Semillion.
Nice concept for a video! Usually things are the opposite ("similar alternatives to this"); it's a fresh concept no pun intended. And of course I totally agree with the choices.
You can also consider Arneis, pretty good alternative
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If you want to try an oaked riesling, you should get Von Winning's wines. There's a lot of people who don't like that style, but I think it's nice to have something differet sometimes.
I started out on my wine journey in the ABC camp, but as I and my tastes have matured I have moved out of it. It is responsible for some of the world's greatest wines, both still and sparkling. I find that I like middle of the road Chardonnays, such as ones from the Cote Chalonnaise, Maconnais, Germany, Hungary, Alto Adige, etc. Blanc de Blancs is truly amazing, both champagne and other traditional method sparkling wines from Chardonnay. I think if someone can't handle or doesn't like Chardonnay, it could be because they drank a mass produced plonk that was "fixed" by oak staves or chips, overcropped and over extracted.
As quality Chardonnay from any region from the world should have balance, fruit, acidity and some light toast notes. My suggestion is to try different regions and don't make blanket statements about a varietal before you try all of it's iterations. Great video and introduction to other great white varietals, my only comment would be that other German wine regions such as the Rheingau, Rheinhessen, the Pfalz and Nahe should mentioned when talking about great Chardonnay. Cheers Agnese
Im traveling to Rias Baixas in July this year. Do you have any must visit wineries?
Cheers from a Chardonnay freak come Albarino lover
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Chardonnay. Hava a class of Domaine Ramonet and you calibrate your palate
Very informative video, Ty for sharing your passion.