On International Chardonnay Day we trace the wine’s growing journey in India
Chardonnay’s shapeshifting quality enables it to be a humble crowd-pleaser as well as a command a dizzying prize for its finest expression. Oaked, unoaked, fruity, buttery, having undergone malo-lactic fermentation or sparkling, with lingering aromas of baked apple crumble; the list is endless. Indian white wines have gained ground, slowly but surely, plotting the evolving…