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Chardonnay Île du Sud Marlborough vin blanc tranquille

Origin

Chardonnay, a 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 white, Pinot Chardonnay

Marlborough — New Zealand’s largest wine region, celebrated above all for its Sauvignon Blanc — also produces fine Chardonnays on the alluvial and gravelly soils of the Wairau Valley plains.