All about Chardonnay du Monde, organisation, medals, samples

The Concept

Bring together the world’s best Chardonnays in an elegant setting- the Château des Ravatys, the wine estate of the Pasteur Institute.

The ambition of this international confrontation limited to Chardonnay wines is to pick out the best wines on the basis of their intrinsic quality.

The Objectives

To support the quality measures undertaken by Chardonnay producers throughout the world.
To showcase the diversity and richness of Chardonnays currently being made.
To create a meeting place for those involved in Chardonnay, enabling improvements in the qualitative approach taken to Chardonnay.
To promote scientific research on and knowledge of Chardonnay.
To encourage a quality approach in the organisation of qualitative wine competitions by improving tasters' knowledge of Chardonnay.

Chardonnay du Monde and its Commitments

To develop a network of Chardonnay producers throughout the world.
To help disseminate information about Chardonnay and to train tasters in the judging of Chardonnay wines.
To help improve the interpretation of tasting results (in partnership with SAQ) by facilitating the entry and analysis of computerised tasting data sheets.
To establish a training programme for the accreditation of Expert Judges for Chardonnay du Monde
To put together a "library" of Chardonnay wines entered in the competition.