Grand Cru

[ French grahn kry ]

noun

, French.

, plural Grands Crus [g, r, ah, n, , kry].

1. cru

Example Sentences

“I think I know everyone in this room, because we are a family from around the world,” Govan said during his opening remarks as guests, including Kim Kardashian, Blake Lively, Laura Dern, Viola Davis, Andrew Garfield and Sarah Paulson, sat down to a dinner of makgeolli jeung-pyeon, japchae and grand cru galbi-jjim created by chef David Shim from Cote, the country’s only Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse.

From Los Angeles Times

In a press release, Europol said items recovered during seizures included a “large amount of wine bottles from different counterfeited Grand Cru domains, wine stickers and wax products, ingredients to refill wine, technical machines to recap bottles, luxurious goods”, as well as electronic equipment valued at 1.4m euros and over 100,000 euros in cash.

From BBC

Individual bottles can sell for five-figure sums, with a 1966 Grands Échézeaux Domaine De La Romanée-Conti Grand Cru Nicolas priced at £4,057, according to latest estimates.

From BBC

For example, just seven areas of Chablis have been granted the status of the high-end Grand Cru, comprising just 250 acres and producing fewer than 50,000 cases of wine in an average year.

From Seattle Times

That’s hardly enough to supply all the fans of great Chablis — and it explains why the finest Grand Cru Chablis can cost $75 or more per bottle.

From Seattle Times