Seysseln.
/ˈseɪsɛl/ Used attributively or absol. to designate various white wines made in the Seyssel region.
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1926 P. M. Shand Bk. Wine v. 171 The best-known Savoy wine is Seyssel... Much of the wine sold as Seyssel only enjoys the type-name by courtesy.
1968 L. Deighton Continental Dossier 46 Savoy... Seyssel wines (much is made into ‘vin mousseux’).
1968 Vogue 15 Apr. 121/1 To the South of the Jura lie the vineyards of the Savoy. Both red and white wines are grown, but it is the latter that are worth looking for, especially seyssel and..crépy and roussette.
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