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Chardonnay Beaujolais Beaujolais vin blanc tranquille

Origin

Chardonnay, small village in Mâconnais

Growing regions

France, Italy, Hungary, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, USA, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, Argentina, California, Australia, South Africa

Also known as

Morillon blanc, Pinot Chardonnay

Beaujolais blanc — produced in the southern Beaujolais on granite and clay-limestone soils — is an often overlooked dry white wine in a style close to neighbouring Mâconnais. Chardonnay yields fruity, accessible and direct whites, far from Burgundian complexity but pleasant and refreshing.