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   Ap·pel·la·tion

   /ˌapəˈlāSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. an appellation contrôlée: "about 20 percent of French wines with an appellation come from Alsace"
   • ▪ a wine bearing an appellation contrôlée: "the top appellations Saint-Émilion and Pomerol"
   • ▪ the district in which a wine bearing an appellation contrôlée is produced: "the northeast corner of the appellation"

   Word Origin abbreviation of appellation (d'origine) contrôlée.

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