About Chardonel

Chardonel was was developed in New York State, to be a late-ripening, highly-productive, cold-climate wine grape.

Given much of the same treatment as Chardonnay, it adapts well to barrel fermention, and controlled lees contact. The result is often a full-bodied dry wine, high in alcohol and acidity, with a similar, if less pronounced character than Chardonnay.

Chardonel is proving its value in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states:

Fennville AVA (Michigan), Shawnee Hills AVA (Illinois), Ohio River Valley AVA (Ohio), Augusta AVA, Ozark Highlands AVA, and Ozark Mountain AVA in Missouri.