Pinot Chardonnay

Appears in
Oxford Companion to Wine

By Jancis Robinson

Published 2006

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Pinot Chardonnay is an old synonym for chardonnay, the classic white grape of Burgundy. It was adopted at a time when Chardonnay was believed to be a white mutation of pinot noir (correctly, as it turned out—see pinot). Pinot Chardonnay-Mâcon has been an appellation recognized by inao as virtually interchangeable with mâcon Blanc but is not often seen.