Grand Cru
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Grands Crus
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And he trusts Sydney’s predatory company about as far as he could throw a Nebuchadnezzar of Cassell Grand Cru.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Individual bottles can sell for five-figure sums, with a 1966 Grands Échézeaux Domaine De La Romanée-Conti Grand Cru Nicolas priced at £4,057, according to latest estimates.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024
For example, just seven areas of Chablis have been granted the status of the high-end Grand Cru, comprising just 250 acres and producing fewer than 50,000 cases of wine in an average year.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2023
Here’s more proof: This wine is from Axelle and Pierre Courdurié, the owners of Château Croix de Labrie, which was elevated last year to Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé status.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2023
Same story, but different: October 1972, Grand Cru Chablis grapes, European and American travelers were back-up to tireless Portuguese families surviving by vendange from south to north.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2016
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