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2. List of Burgundy Grands Crus - Wikipedia

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   Grand Cru (great growth) is the highest level in the vineyard classification of Burgundy.There are a total of 550 hectares (1,400 acres) of Grand Cru vineyards—approximately 2% of Burgundy's 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres) of vineyards (excluding Beaujolais)—of which 356 hectares (880 acres) produce red wine and 194 hectares (480 acres) produce white wine.

3. Classification of Champagne vineyards - Wikipedia

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   Unlike the classification of Bordeaux wine estates or Burgundy Grand cru vineyards, the classification of Champagne is broken down based on what village the vineyards are located in. [1] A percentile system known as the Échelle des Crus ("ladder of growth") acts as a pro-rata system for determining grape prices. Vineyards located in villages ...

4. Cru (wine) - Wikipedia

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   Grand cru (French for 'great growth' [3]) is a regional wine classification that designates a vineyard known for its favorable reputation in producing wine. Although often used to describe grapes, wine or cognac, the term is not technically a classification of wine quality per se, but is intended to indicate the potential of the vineyard or ...

5. Petri Wine - Wikipedia

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   R. Petri Wine Company Warehouse, San Francisco, 1913. Petri Wine is a family-run vineyard in San Francisco, California, United States. It was founded in 1886 by Raffaello Petri. [1] In 1953, Petri Wine was the largest domestic producer of wine in the United States. [2] Petri originally produced their wine exclusively in kegs for bulk, local ...

6. Grower Champagne - Wikipedia

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   A Grand Cru grower Champagne with the "RM" visible on the lower right corner. Champagnes can be identified by the initials that appear before a number on the wine label. The initials most commonly associated with Grower Champagnes is RM (meaning Récoltant-Manipulant) but there are other initials that may appear on the label. Other initials: [1]

7. Burgundy wine - Wikipedia

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   In general, producers are always allowed to declassify their wine in steps to a lower-ranked AOC if they wish to do so. Thus, a wine from a Grand Cru vineyard may be sold as a Premier Cru from that vineyard's village, a Premier Cru wine may be sold as a Village wine, and so on. This practice will almost invariably mean the declassified wine ...