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    Notes & Queries

    Apr 07, 2021 3 minutes

    What happened to Chablis?

    Modern-day Chablis is nothing like the heaven-in-a-glass, stony mineral wines that used to be my favourite white wine by a long way in the 1960s. What has changed?

    Mark Smyly, Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK

    Andy Howard MW replies: Like you, I have long been a fan of the structured, fine acidity and discreet (if at all) oak of Chablis, and that salty, pebbly, gunflint character. I agree the style has changed since the 1960s

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