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HAS Chardonnay had its place in the sun? Around the world, its stock has fallen so low that some wine lovers delight in asking for ABC - anything but Chardonnay.
Its slip from grace is less to do with Footballers' Wives than with a weariness with the fat, oily, clumsy wines that Chardonnay can produce when grown in very hot places. Add to that a heavy- handed use of oak-ageing by some winemakers and it's little wonder that the appeal of such wines has been short-lived.See the full content of this document
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Cool White That's Still Got Plenty Going for It ; Wine
And yet Chardonnay is still far and away the world's most widely- planted quality white grape and in Burgundy makes wines that even the most dyed-in-the-wool members of the ABC brigade would give their right arms for. It helps, perhaps, that most of the ...
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