Blind tasting, part 7 – Chardonnay from Burgundy

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Parsing the wines from the world’s most archetypal Chardonnay appellations – just by paying attention to what’s in your glass…

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I am a bit confused about the oak level for Grand Cru Chablis. This article says 0-20% for GC Chablis. However, when I visited Chablis a few years ago, I was told (at Long Depaquit) that the "rules"require GC Chablis to have 25% of the juice see oak maturation. Appreciate if anyone can clarify this.

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Hi Eric,

Samantha is writing percentage of new oak. The Grands Crus will typically be fermented and/or matured in a very high percentage of oak ( or entirely), of which only a minor part is new/first fill.

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Exactly as Lars has said! The 0-20% refers to new oak.