Ancien nom donné par les Anglais au vin de Bordeaux.
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1. A term used by the English when referring to the red wines from BORDEAUX. 2. Elsewhere, the word claret is sometimes used as a general reference to light red wines. Even though « claret » sometimes appears on labels it has no legal definition.
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