Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun [F.: see def.] A red wine made in Burgundy, in the department of Côte-d'Or, and named from the vineyard of Chambertin, of about 60 acres, near Dijon, on the celebrated hillside which gives the name to the department.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.

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Examples

  • Mamma Gerard remembered that she had a few bottles -- five or six -- of old chambertin in the cellar, and you could not have prevented the excellent woman from taking her key and taper at once, and going for those old bottles covered with cobwebs and dust, that they might drink to the health of the triumphant one.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • M. M.uillard, who has a long standing affection for chambertin, ordered two bottles to begin with.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • Clos de Vogeot: Similar to chambertin, and often called the king of burgandy.

    Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. Clarence E. Edwords

  • Then he poured out the chambertin, and once more all heads became excited, and the conversation fell, as was inevitable, upon the subject of women.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • "Charlot, bring Monsieur le Chevalier the pheasant pie, the ragout of hare, and a bottle of chambertin from the bin of '36."

    The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath 1901

  • I do not drink champagne, but the chambertin will do nicely.

    The Lure of the Mask Harold MacGrath 1901

  • Ah, that soft lisp of hers, those enchanting caprices, those amazing extravagances of fancy, that wit which possessed the sparkle of white chambertin!

    The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath 1901

  • To-night, though the dinner had been excellent and the chambertin all that could be desired, the two were inclined to be moody.

    The Lure of the Mask Harold MacGrath 1901

  • And half an hour later, having demolished all madame had set before him, besides sharing the excellent chambertin, the Chevalier felt the man made whole again.

    The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath 1901

  • Breton was directed to go to the cellars and fetch a dozen bottles of white chambertin.

    The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath 1901

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