单词 | classed-growth |
释义 | > as lemmasclassed-growth b. Also more fully classed-growth. Designating a French wine, esp. a claret, produced by a vineyard or estate which is ranked in an official classification; (also) designating the vineyard or estate.The earliest classifications, in the Médoc and Sauternes subregions of Bordeaux, were made for the Exposition Universelle of 1855 in Paris and have been little amended since. Cf. premier cru n., grand cru n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [adjective] > top class classed1871 1871 Wine Trade Rev. 11 38/2 The vineyard proprietors received high fancy prices for classed growths, for which English Wine merchants will hardly be disposed to reimburse the Bordeaux houses. 1873 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 17 Oct. 891/2 Of the red wines annually made in the department, estimated at 1,000,000 casks, one-fiftieth part is from classed vineyards. 1920 G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-bk. i. 14 A ‘classed’ claret in the shape of '64 Ducru Beaucaillou. 1969 E. Penning-Rowsell Internat. Guide Wines of Bordeaux vi. 77 The purchase of classed-growth châteaux in the Médoc by the merchants..demonstrated the prosperity of the Bordeaux trade. 1991 O. Clarke Webster's Wine Guide 1992 6 There's enough Classed Growth claret crowding out the merchant's cellars of the world to last us for years yet without the slightest chance of a shortage. 2007 Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 19/2 Founded in 1954, Saint Emilion's classed grands crus are re-judged every 10 years by a jury of brokers, merchants, oenologists and a wine professor. < as lemmas |
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