Chardonnay Wine between $25 and $50

Organic/Bio Lower ABV As always, one of the best values in top-notch Willamette Valley Chardonnay. It's from vines planted 1977-1999 on the estate, picked ripe and fresh (13.1% abv), and fermented and aged in French oak. Definitely... Read More

Wine Enthusiast captures the fun and tasty personality of this barrel-aged, Oregon, Chardonnay nicely in the 90 point review: “The aromatic set of lemon, lime and lychee is a tropical Chardonnay paradise. A wisp of plumeria... Read More

Smells great, tastes even better, crazy good price for high quality white Burgundy. That’s really what you need to know here, but we’ll try to give you a little more. It’s from vineyards on the Puligny border... Read More

If you don't think of Alto Adige for Chardonnay...well, you will after this! From hand-harvested grapes done 50/50 in steel and big, old, oak casks, it has the richness to satisfy California fans and purity, acidity and minerality... Read More

Organic/Bio Jura is famous for its oxidative whites, but that's not what's going on here! This is pure, fresh, and highly delicious Chardonnay from alpine vineyards with no noticeable oak influence at all. Delicious pear... Read More

A terrific Chardonnay with just the right balance of creaminess of texture, fresh fruit and golden butter caramel spice. Fine with food, fine solo - really, just very fine! As Jeb Dunnuck says in the 92 point review, Dierberg... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV From the steep slopes of the wandering valley known as Vau de Vey. A wine of fine richness and volume with plenty of stony Chablis minerality and precision. It's delicious right now (although give it... Read More

Organic/Bio From 70+ year-old vines growing next to the Grand Cru of Valmur, this is always a terrific Chablis value. In 2023, it opens with petty aromatics of green and yellow apple, Anjou pear and crushed seashells. Classic... Read More

Lower ABV A sophisticated and complex Chardonnay from one of the most exciting regions of the Macon. From 45 year-old vines, the concentrated fruit aged in tank for freshness and new French oak to pick up weight, spice and creamy... Read More

Lower ABV A tiny production (600 cases) White Burgundy that delivers amazing delight. The white stones in the vineyard help ripening, as does average vine age over 50 years, allowing Anne-Sophie Debavelaere and her son, Felix,... Read More

Lower ABV As Burghound says, “If you're unfamiliar with the Thibert wines you owe it to yourself to try one of two examples as the best are excellent.” Here’s the place to start with a wine that draws on... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV If Thibert's 2020 Macon-Verze is full of boundless energy and confidence, his Pouilly-Vinzelles (from next door to Fuisse) has all the same energy but starts off a bit gawky and unsure. Give it a splash... Read More

Lower ABV Not sure why this is labeled “Bourgogne,” but it’s all Macon fruit and showcases the richness of southern Burgundy Chardonnay balanced by some shaping time in large, older, oak casks. The texture is... Read More

From Françoise Feuillat-Juillot's best vineyard – the best in all Montagny, in fact – and from vines averaging 60 years of age with a southerly exposure on classic Chardonnay-friendly marl-limestone soils.... Read More

Willamette Valley Chard can be all kinds of things. This one aims for delicious and hits the mark perfectly. Lovely Golden Delicious apple and crisp pear fruit are framed with a bit of buttered tart crus and a nice chalky minerality.... Read More

Hanzell is one of the few wineries that both helped drive the creation and fame of the California wine industry and that still turns out great wines today. It was founded in 1954 by Ambassador James D. Zellerbach to make wines... Read More

Lower ABV Steve and Jill Klein Matthiasson make elegant, restrained, wines that still let you know they're from California. Like here in vibrant, generously ripe, Chardonnay from just outside Oak Knoll in Napa. Done in old... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV This is seriously good California Chardonnay in a fun style from the very serious guys at Model Farm. The fruit is all from sites 1,000 feet or higher elevation, farmed organically, fermented with native... Read More

Organic/Bio Joanna Wells and Sean Castorani make mountain wine - wine only from California vineyards at 1,000 feet elevation and above. Here they're working on Wildcat Mountain in Carneros where fog and wind from the bay nearby... Read More