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claret
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claret: see wine wine, alcoholic beverage made by the fermentation of the juice of the grape. So ancient that its origin is unknown, wine is mentioned in early Egyptian inscriptions and in the literature of many lands.
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claret
1. Chiefly Brit a red wine, esp one from the Bordeaux district of France
2. 
a. a purplish-red colour
b. (as adjective): a claret carpet


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NEW RELEASES: Consistently rated at 90 or better by Robert Parker, the cabernet sauvignon of Clark-Claudon is one of those rare California clarets that measures up to its Bordeaux brethren.
In passages of wit, she is the driest of clarets, in scenes of grief and yearning, the most full-bodied of Burgundies.
Created by the Harlan family and winemaker Bob Levy, the Bond lot went for $40,000 to Gerret Copeland, owner of Bouchaine Vineyards, a self-described "lover of French clarets.
 
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