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Fine Champagne

[French feen shahn-pan-yuh]

noun

a high-quality cognac distilled from grapes grown in the Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne vineyards of western France.

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Origin of Fine Champagne

Borrowed into English from French around 1865–70

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019