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Wine Regions of France:
Beaujolais

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Rhône-Alpes

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In the northernmost part of the Beaujolais region, located between the cities of Macon and Lyon, are the 10 cru villages where the best wine is made. Régnié is the most recent of the Beaujolais wines to be assigned the prestigious cru status. Its elevation, however, did not come overnight. When the original Beaujolais classification took place in 1939, Régnié was not included. However, négociants were well aware of the quality of its wines, and typically paid much higher for wines from that village than wines from the other villages within the appellation.

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