Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variety of grape originally grown in the Burgundy region of France that is used to make white wine, including champagne.
- noun A dry white wine made from this grape.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a white wine grape.
- noun dry white Chablis-type table wine made from Chardonnay grapes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable A
green -skinned grape variety used to make awhite wine . - noun uncountable A variety of wine made from this grape.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes
- noun white wine grape
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Montelena Chardonnay from the Napa Valley recently and I was lucky enough to get a taste of a recent bottling of the wine that made history at the Judgment of Paris.
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Montelena Chardonnay from the Napa Valley recently and I was lucky enough to get a taste of a recent bottling of the wine that made history at the Judgment of Paris.
What We Drank 2009
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Finally, the point raised by Greg about Napa Valley Chardonnay is way off base because it somehow assumes, as the WSJ pair do, that there is some monolithic place/style of wine.
American Chardonnay: “simple, sweet, alcoholic and false” | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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I think these work great: Dry/Off-dry Riesling, Pinot Gris, Austrian Gruner Veltliner, Albarino/Alvarinho, Sauvignon Blanc (for the sushi with more greens in them), white Burgundy, crisp Burgundian style Chardonnay from the US, and crisp white blends.
Sushi: an impossible food-wine pairing? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Montelena Chardonnay from the Napa Valley recently and I was lucky enough to get a taste of a recent bottling of the wine that made history at the Judgment of Paris.
LENNDEVOURS: 2009
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Chardonnay is probably the most popular of the white wines.
Wine 101: Chardonnay Amy Ma 2010
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Chardonnay is the most-planted white grape on Long Island, covering around 30% of local vineyard land.
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The Chardonnay is $15, and the Merlot is $18, plus tax and the cost of shipping.
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Not all California Chardonnay is bad … just most of it.
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Michelle over at My Wine Education found a fun way to take the "naked" theme even further, picking up a bottle of 2004 Trevor Jones Virgin Chardonnay from Australia.
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