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Chardonnay Île du Sud Central Otago vin blanc tranquille

Origin

Chardonnay, a small village of 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

Central Otago — the world’s most southerly wine region by latitude at 45° South, set in the gorges and basins of the Southern Alps — is celebrated above all for its Pinot Noir. However, Chardonnay on the schist and loess soils at high altitude produces wines of remarkable concentration, tension and singularity.