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In which French appellation are there the seven Grand Cru sites Blanchot, Bougros, Grenouilles, Les Clos, Les Preuses, Valmur and Vaudésir?
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Correct answer is: Chablis
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Chablis
The appellation, named after the town of the same name and classified in 1938, is located to the north and delimited from the Burgundy wine region in what is known as Basse-Bourgogne in the Yonne department. To the southwest of it lies the Saint-Bris area, which was included before the appellation regulation. Chablis is separated from the Côte d'Or by the Morvan mountains and is much closer to Champagne than the other Burgundian areas. The Romans were already cultivating vines here in the 2nd century and later the monastic orders of the church took over the cultivation. The Cistercian Abbey of Pont...
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