grand cru, noun phrase

Shortened form of premier grand cru.
1981 Time 7 Dec. (Suppl.)Crack a bottle of ice-cold Grand Cru or Riesling.
1982 M. Beazley Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Bk 171Grand Cru (or Premier Grand Cru), Term for a totally dry white, with no quality implications.
1987 Guide to Stellenbosch Wine Route (pamphlet) 9The following wines are made and offered to the public:..Dry White, Grand Cru, Cape Riesling.
c1993 J. Platter S. Afr. Wine Guide 14Grand Cru, Literally ‘great growth’ but denoting, in South Africa at least, the producer’s own subjective rating of a wine. Not an official rating.
Shortened form of premier grand cru.
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