Definition of cru in English:

cru

nounPlural crus kʀykruːkro͞o

(in France) a vineyard or group of vineyards, especially one of recognized superior quality.
（法国）（尤指公认的优质）葡萄园；葡萄园区。亦见GRAND CRU , PREMIER CRU
the newest of the Beaujolais crus
See also grand cru, premier cru
Example sentencesExamples
- What works well here is this elegant but often overlooked cru from Beaujolais, strikingly violet in colour with a deep rich nose and a meaty wash of intense cherry and plum skin.
- This is yet another Beaujolais cru which develops with time into a glorious mouthful.
- The real story of Beaujolais is found in the 10 cru wines named after villages, which have been the unwitting victims of decades of abuse of the Beaujolais name.
- For instance, one of the top wines made in the legendary vintage of 1990 was Sociando-Mallet, a low-ranked château (with an official rating of cru bourgeois) that consistently makes some of the best wines of the region.
- It's a dandy little red wine that may remind you of a cru Beaujolais, but a bit spicier.
- This is not as well served in Ireland, but considered the top cru by most, with prices to match for the best wine.
- The categories were then ranked by a simple, numerically descending scale, first to fifth, called premier cru, deuxième cru, etc, each defined by, or defining, the price paid for them by the Bordeaux wine trade.
- Inert vats have no effect on the taste of Chablis and allow the wine to express the terroir of a particular cru, without any external influence.
- Bordeaux's best wines initially were classified back in 1855 into five different levels, from first cru classé to fifth cru classé, and the amounts that can be produced are limited.
- The other two properly south-facing slopes across the river contain the best premiers cru vineyards of La Fourchaume, Montée de Tonnerre and Mont de Millieu, as well as a few hectares of ordinary Chablis vineyards.
- That's a pity since there are some nicer, older crus available.
- Unfortunately, it was so good that the brilliant small communes, or cru - including Morgon, Moulin a Vent and Fleurie, for which the region has been famed since Julius Caesar's conquest - were almost erased from memory.
- What I try to avoid is mass-produced bottom-of-the-barrel troisième cru vin de table distilled from grapes grown in a soil unsuitable for the Chardonnay grape being passed off as potable.
- This is the cru bourgeois classification, which has three divisions: cru bourgeois, cru bourgeois superior and cru bourgeois exceptional.
- The cru of Fleurie, however, has a terroir that would be the envy of the Cote D' Or. Southern slopes with western protection from the Atlantic rain systems are covered by well drained, rocky soils, all resting on granite.

Origin

French, from crû, literally 'growth', past participle of croître.

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo

Definition of cru in US English:

cru

nounkro͞o

(in France) a vineyard or group of vineyards, especially one of recognized quality.
（法国）（尤指公认的优质）葡萄园；葡萄园区。亦见GRAND CRU , PREMIER CRU
the newest of the Beaujolais crus
See also grand cru, premier cru
Example sentencesExamples
- The real story of Beaujolais is found in the 10 cru wines named after villages, which have been the unwitting victims of decades of abuse of the Beaujolais name.
- Inert vats have no effect on the taste of Chablis and allow the wine to express the terroir of a particular cru, without any external influence.
- Bordeaux's best wines initially were classified back in 1855 into five different levels, from first cru classé to fifth cru classé, and the amounts that can be produced are limited.
- The cru of Fleurie, however, has a terroir that would be the envy of the Cote D' Or. Southern slopes with western protection from the Atlantic rain systems are covered by well drained, rocky soils, all resting on granite.
- Unfortunately, it was so good that the brilliant small communes, or cru - including Morgon, Moulin a Vent and Fleurie, for which the region has been famed since Julius Caesar's conquest - were almost erased from memory.
- It's a dandy little red wine that may remind you of a cru Beaujolais, but a bit spicier.
- This is yet another Beaujolais cru which develops with time into a glorious mouthful.
- What I try to avoid is mass-produced bottom-of-the-barrel troisième cru vin de table distilled from grapes grown in a soil unsuitable for the Chardonnay grape being passed off as potable.
- This is the cru bourgeois classification, which has three divisions: cru bourgeois, cru bourgeois superior and cru bourgeois exceptional.
- What works well here is this elegant but often overlooked cru from Beaujolais, strikingly violet in colour with a deep rich nose and a meaty wash of intense cherry and plum skin.
- This is not as well served in Ireland, but considered the top cru by most, with prices to match for the best wine.
- That's a pity since there are some nicer, older crus available.
- The categories were then ranked by a simple, numerically descending scale, first to fifth, called premier cru, deuxième cru, etc, each defined by, or defining, the price paid for them by the Bordeaux wine trade.
- The other two properly south-facing slopes across the river contain the best premiers cru vineyards of La Fourchaume, Montée de Tonnerre and Mont de Millieu, as well as a few hectares of ordinary Chablis vineyards.
- For instance, one of the top wines made in the legendary vintage of 1990 was Sociando-Mallet, a low-ranked château (with an official rating of cru bourgeois) that consistently makes some of the best wines of the region.

Origin

French, from crû, literally ‘growth’, past participle of croître.

单词	cru
释义	Definition of cru in English: cru nounPlural crus kʀykruːkro͞o (in France) a vineyard or group of vineyards, especially one of recognized superior quality. （法国）（尤指公认的优质）葡萄园；葡萄园区。亦见GRAND CRU , PREMIER CRU the newest of the Beaujolais crus See also grand cru, premier cru Example sentencesExamples What works well here is this elegant but often overlooked cru from Beaujolais, strikingly violet in colour with a deep rich nose and a meaty wash of intense cherry and plum skin. This is yet another Beaujolais cru which develops with time into a glorious mouthful. The real story of Beaujolais is found in the 10 cru wines named after villages, which have been the unwitting victims of decades of abuse of the Beaujolais name. For instance, one of the top wines made in the legendary vintage of 1990 was Sociando-Mallet, a low-ranked château (with an official rating of cru bourgeois) that consistently makes some of the best wines of the region. It's a dandy little red wine that may remind you of a cru Beaujolais, but a bit spicier. This is not as well served in Ireland, but considered the top cru by most, with prices to match for the best wine. The categories were then ranked by a simple, numerically descending scale, first to fifth, called premier cru, deuxième cru, etc, each defined by, or defining, the price paid for them by the Bordeaux wine trade. Inert vats have no effect on the taste of Chablis and allow the wine to express the terroir of a particular cru, without any external influence. Bordeaux's best wines initially were classified back in 1855 into five different levels, from first cru classé to fifth cru classé, and the amounts that can be produced are limited. The other two properly south-facing slopes across the river contain the best premiers cru vineyards of La Fourchaume, Montée de Tonnerre and Mont de Millieu, as well as a few hectares of ordinary Chablis vineyards. That's a pity since there are some nicer, older crus available. Unfortunately, it was so good that the brilliant small communes, or cru - including Morgon, Moulin a Vent and Fleurie, for which the region has been famed since Julius Caesar's conquest - were almost erased from memory. What I try to avoid is mass-produced bottom-of-the-barrel troisième cru vin de table distilled from grapes grown in a soil unsuitable for the Chardonnay grape being passed off as potable. This is the cru bourgeois classification, which has three divisions: cru bourgeois, cru bourgeois superior and cru bourgeois exceptional. The cru of Fleurie, however, has a terroir that would be the envy of the Cote D' Or. Southern slopes with western protection from the Atlantic rain systems are covered by well drained, rocky soils, all resting on granite. Origin French, from crû, literally 'growth', past participle of croître. Rhymes accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo Definition of cru in US English: cru nounkro͞o (in France) a vineyard or group of vineyards, especially one of recognized quality. （法国）（尤指公认的优质）葡萄园；葡萄园区。亦见GRAND CRU , PREMIER CRU the newest of the Beaujolais crus See also grand cru, premier cru Example sentencesExamples The real story of Beaujolais is found in the 10 cru wines named after villages, which have been the unwitting victims of decades of abuse of the Beaujolais name. Inert vats have no effect on the taste of Chablis and allow the wine to express the terroir of a particular cru, without any external influence. Bordeaux's best wines initially were classified back in 1855 into five different levels, from first cru classé to fifth cru classé, and the amounts that can be produced are limited. The cru of Fleurie, however, has a terroir that would be the envy of the Cote D' Or. Southern slopes with western protection from the Atlantic rain systems are covered by well drained, rocky soils, all resting on granite. Unfortunately, it was so good that the brilliant small communes, or cru - including Morgon, Moulin a Vent and Fleurie, for which the region has been famed since Julius Caesar's conquest - were almost erased from memory. It's a dandy little red wine that may remind you of a cru Beaujolais, but a bit spicier. This is yet another Beaujolais cru which develops with time into a glorious mouthful. What I try to avoid is mass-produced bottom-of-the-barrel troisième cru vin de table distilled from grapes grown in a soil unsuitable for the Chardonnay grape being passed off as potable. This is the cru bourgeois classification, which has three divisions: cru bourgeois, cru bourgeois superior and cru bourgeois exceptional. What works well here is this elegant but often overlooked cru from Beaujolais, strikingly violet in colour with a deep rich nose and a meaty wash of intense cherry and plum skin. This is not as well served in Ireland, but considered the top cru by most, with prices to match for the best wine. That's a pity since there are some nicer, older crus available. The categories were then ranked by a simple, numerically descending scale, first to fifth, called premier cru, deuxième cru, etc, each defined by, or defining, the price paid for them by the Bordeaux wine trade. The other two properly south-facing slopes across the river contain the best premiers cru vineyards of La Fourchaume, Montée de Tonnerre and Mont de Millieu, as well as a few hectares of ordinary Chablis vineyards. For instance, one of the top wines made in the legendary vintage of 1990 was Sociando-Mallet, a low-ranked château (with an official rating of cru bourgeois) that consistently makes some of the best wines of the region. Origin French, from crû, literally ‘growth’, past participle of croître.
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