Beaunen.
/bəʊn/, U.S. /boʊn/ A red wine of Burgundy, produced in the district around Beaune.
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Volnay1699
Chambertin1775
Pommard1775
Clos Vougeot1789
Richebourg1817
Romanée1817
Beaune1818
Corton1833
Musigny1833
Nuits1833
Mâcon1863
Nuits St Georges1902
Mercurey1907
Vosne Romanée1930
1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris iii. 51 Some glasses of Beaune.
1841 W. M. Thackeray Mem. Gormandising in Misc. Ess. (1885) 386 Always drink red wine with beef-steaks..good Beaune, say.
1863 T. G. Shaw Wine viii. 255 Beaune, 1858, first growth, high flavour, much body, fine.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 1143 Haute-Burgogne..produces the most famous wines in Burgundy... Here grow the renowned Volnay, Pomard, Beaune, Nuits.
1958 A. L. Simon Dict. Wines 27/2 Beaune..Among the many fine red wines of the vineyards of Beaune, some of the better known are: Grèves, Fèves, Clos des Mouches [etc.].
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