Champagne
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Champagne is an AOC wine, and must therefore obligatorily come from a very specific geographic zone, between Reims and Epernay, and be made from 3 grape varieties: Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay. Only vintage Champagnes are made from the same harvest, during exceptionally good years.
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