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Chablis 2020

Chablis 2020 continues a run of very fine vintages in this key Burgundy appellation. The word most heard during my recent visit to Chablis was ‘classic’. While 2020 may not quite have the linear acidity of 2014, there are a lot of similarities with 2017, another classic year.

Although 2020 was a very early vintage, it was not a particularly hot one and managed to avoid the dramatic heat spikes of

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