Mâconnaisadj.n.
/ˌmakɒˈneɪ/, /ˌmɑːkɒˈneɪ/, U.S. /ˌmɑkɔˈneɪ/ A. adj. (attributive).
Of, designating, or relating to the city of Mâcon or the surrounding region; (in later use) spec. relating to or designating wine produced in this region (most notably Pouilly-Fuissé), having the official appellation Mâcon (see Mâcon n.1).
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1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain (1789) II. xlvii. 117 It is very singular, that all the cows of this part of the country are white..and the dress of all the Maconoise peasants as different from any other province in France, as that of the Turkish habit.
1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain (1789) II. xlvii. 118 At Lyons I saw a Maconoise girl of fashion.
1960 P. M. Shand Bk. French Wines (rev. ed.) 357 Appellation Contrôlée ‘Pouilly-Fuissé’ (Saône-et-Loire): same decrees as for ‘Mâcon Blanc’. This, the highest of the Mâconnais appellations, is confined to white wines grown in..four countries.
1967 A. Lichine Encycl. Wines & Spirits 337/2 The present Mâconnais growers produce more than white wines.
1989 Encycl. Brit. VII. 646/1 The Mâconnais and Beaujolais vineyards.
1996 Decanter June 49/2 Even these examples look good value when compared to what you can get from France for this price (for example, many Maconnais whites, Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé).
B. n.
1. With the. The wine-growing region of Mâcon.
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1926 P. M. Shand Bk. Wine v. 146 The red wines of the Maconnais..are, generally speaking, of no great quality.
1967 A. Lichine Encycl. Wines & Spirits 337/2 The Mâconnais has been sending its wines to clamouring markets since the seventeenth century.
1994 Oxf. Compan. Wine 585/1 Vineyards on the rolling limestone hills of the Mâconnais.
2. A Mâcon wine.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > French wines > [noun] > Burgundy > white
Montrachet1789
Meursault1833
Pouilly1833
Mâcon1863
Mâconnais1926
Pouilly-Fuissé1927
Pouilly Fumé1935
Puligny-Montrachet1946
1926 P. M. Shand Bk. Wine v. 146 What is sold as Macon or Maconnais is sound and pure enough wine at a very reasonable price.
1967 A. Lichine Encycl. Wines & Spirits 337/1 The best, and most famous, of the Mâconnais is the dry white Pouilly-Fuissé, a wine which..is still growing in popularity.
1989 Newsday 21 May 61 Popularity has spurred the price of this genial, minor white Maconnais.
1998 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 3 Apr. 30/5 For $30 or less, there's Chardonnay.., pinot noir.., lots of Maconnais..and even Argentine malbec.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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