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What is a cru?

What is a cru? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A grade or class of wine
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Georges Duboeuf, the best-known shipper in Beaujolais, would like to see the cru producers cut back to 40 hectoliters to a hectare.
I grow wine on 20 hectares around Dalmach, where I produce a Frankstein grand cru used to make Gewurztraminer and Riesling.
But good heavens, how did the ancients work, so that, 80 years later, this cru could give us so much pleasure?
This is not as well served in Ireland, but considered the top cru by most, with prices to match for the best wine.
It's a dandy little red wine that may remind you of a cru Beaujolais, but a bit spicier.
The real story of Beaujolais is found in the 10 cru wines named after villages, which have been the unwitting victims of decades of abuse of the Beaujolais name.

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