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English assemblage

Wednesday 8 June 2016
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Jancis writes We have about 20 regional assemblages of tasting notes for your delectation. We published this Burgundy assemblage in early April and this Rosé assemblage (to which we keep adding tasting notes) in early May, but you can expect much more frequent publication of the ones we still have up our sleeves. See this guide to our assemblages.

Since we are still basking in the afterglow of the first Cool Climate Symposium to be held in Britain, and since English Wine Week is just over, we thought we would kick off with this English assemblage. I would expect a...

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