How do you use Chardonnay in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like vinifera, plus the exact meaning.
Chardonnay meaning
- A green-skinned grape variety used to make a white wine.
- A variety of wine made from this grape.
Synonyms of Chardonnay
Using Chardonnay
- The main meaning on this page is: A green-skinned grape variety used to make a white wine. | A variety of wine made from this grape.
- Useful related words include: chardonnay grape, vinifera, vinifera grape, common grape vine.
- In the example corpus, chardonnay often appears in combinations such as: of chardonnay, chardonnay and, and chardonnay.
Context around Chardonnay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chardonnay
- In this selection, "chardonnay" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, berried, acid, quilt, grapes, grape and rose stand out and add context to how "chardonnay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2022 this chardonnay opens with and applied to chardonnay made across. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chardonnay" sits close to words such as aamir, abstinence and adventurer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chardonnay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mary Ellen Brasserie Chicken scallopini with a glass of Montrose chardonnay. (11 words)
Chicken of all kinds loves richer whites such as Chardonnay and Viognier. (12 words)
Across the vineyards the pair plant pinot noir, chardonnay, albarino and other hybrid varieties. (14 words)
They sprint up and down the hilly rows of pinot noir and chardonnay grapes in a sun-up to sunset (or longer if lights are brought in) piece-work race to fill ton-sized bins with the raw ingredients of Roederer’s world famous champagne. (45 words)
In 2009, Le Clos Jordanne winery, of Jordan Village on the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, received critical acclaim for its 2005 Claystone Terrace Chardonnay, which won the top spot for Chardonnay in the "Judgement of Montreal" experts’ tasting. (37 words)
Due to the "malleability" of Chardonnay in winemaking and its ability to reflect its terroir, there is not one distinct universal "style" or set of constants that could be applied to Chardonnay made across the globe. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mutations of the Chardonnay grape include the rare pink-berried 'Chardonnay Rose'; also 'Chardonnay Blanc Musqué', which produces an intensely aromatic wine.
And speaking of minerally, high-acid Chardonnay wines, this is one on a fine wine level, sourced from their top three Chardonnay vineyards with calcareous gravelly dominant soils at around 1,800 feet.
Napa Valley Quilt Chardonnay 2022: This chardonnay opens with a bouquet of ripe pear, roasted almond, honey and a hint of lychee.
Due to the "malleability" of Chardonnay in winemaking and its ability to reflect its terroir, there is not one distinct universal "style" or set of constants that could be applied to Chardonnay made across the globe.
In 2009, Le Clos Jordanne winery, of Jordan Village on the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, received critical acclaim for its 2005 Claystone Terrace Chardonnay, which won the top spot for Chardonnay in the "Judgement of Montreal" experts’ tasting.
In addition to being the most expensive, the Burgundy examples of Chardonnay were long considered the benchmark standard of expressing terroir through Chardonnay.
New York Chardonnay harvest in the Hudson River Region AVA Chardonnay was one of the first European grape varieties to have been grown commercially east of the Rocky Mountains.
Therefore, the Chardonnay grapes do not fully develop their fruit flavors and the still version of Champagne can taste very "un-Chardonnay"-like because of this.
These wines were unique in that they were some of the first examples of Chardonnay to be varietally labeled as "Chardonnay".
Though many varietal forms of Chardonnay are produced, and the numbers are increasing, for most of its history in Italian winemaking Chardonnay was a blending grape.
A wine which falls into this category is the 2023 Tucker Seabrook Perpetual Trophy for Best Wine of Show, which went to the 2021 Evans & Tate Redbrook Estate Chardonnay.
Firstly, the 100 per cent chardonnay grapes were hand-picked from Grand Cru sites, which denotes exceptional quality.
Mary Ellen Brasserie Chicken scallopini with a glass of Montrose chardonnay.
They sprint up and down the hilly rows of pinot noir and chardonnay grapes in a sun-up to sunset (or longer if lights are brought in) piece-work race to fill ton-sized bins with the raw ingredients of Roederer’s world famous champagne.
We started with chardonnay, then merlot, cabernet sauvignon and franc, and syrah, followed by Sicilian varieties, Grecanico, Nero d’Avola and Grillo,” notes Alessio Planeta.
Across the vineyards the pair plant pinot noir, chardonnay, albarino and other hybrid varieties.
Aldi recently launched a non-alcoholic Chardonnay, and as a white wine fiend, I knew I had to try it.
Among the 17 competing categories for SA Champion glory for white wines, is Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, Other White Cultivars, Dry White Blends, Off-dry White Wine and Noble Late Harvest.
Chicken of all kinds loves richer whites such as Chardonnay and Viognier.
De Iuliis Wines won the best rose category for its 2024 De Iuliis Rose, and Silkman Wines was named best small producer wine for its 2023 Silkman Wines Silk Chardonnay.
Common combinations with chardonnay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of chardonnay 14×
- chardonnay and 10×
- and chardonnay 9×
- with chardonnay 9×
- chardonnay from 8×
- the chardonnay 6×
- chardonnay grapes 6×
- chardonnay in 5×
- chardonnay was 5×
- chardonnay that 4×