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château wine

American  

noun

  1. wine made at a vineyard estate in the Bordeaux region of France.

chateau wine British  

noun

  1. a wine produced from any of certain vineyards in the Bordeaux region of France

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Etymology

Origin of château wine

First recorded in 1885–90

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What is wrong with my château wine?

From Project Gutenberg

For decades, starting as a teenage apprentice, Mr. Fleming traveled to tea estates of 1,000 acres or more — primarily in India, Sri Lanka and East Africa — searching for varieties with specific tastes in the way an oenologist knows a chateau wine.

From New York Times

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