château wine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of château wine
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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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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