grand cru
/ɡrɒ̃ ˈkruː
/ /ɡʀɑ̃ kʀy/noun (plural grands crus pronounced same)
(Chiefly in French official classifications) a wine of the most superior grade, or the vineyard which produces it: [as modifier]: there are seventeen villages in Champagne officially rated at grand cru status...Compare with premier cru.
- Nuits boasts 27 premier cru vineyards but no grands crus, perhaps because the town's leading vigneron, Henri Gouges, was too modest when the classifications were agreed in the 1930s.
- The grapes all come from four grands crus - the region's highest-ranking vineyards.
- Because there is precious little top burgundy to go round (often only a barrel or two of the finest grands crus from the finest growers are made) and when burgundy is good, it is very, very good.
Origin
French, literally 'great growth'.
- safe bet
- safe-blower
- safe-blowing
- safe-breaker
- safe conduct
- safe-cracker
- safe deposit
- safe-deposit box
- safe edge
- safeguard
- safeguardance
- safeguard clause
- safeguarder
- safe hand
- safe harbor
- safe harbour
- safe haven
- safe hit
- safehold
- safe house
- safe in the knowledge that
- safekeep
- safekeeper
- safekeeping
- safe lamp