The appellation (actually Macvin without the "r") in the French wine-growing region of Jura is for a sweet vin de liqueur. It was classified in 1991 as exactly the four hundredth appellation (before classification it was called Maquevin or Marc-Vin). Such wines have been produced in France since the 14th century. The idiosyncratic recipe is attributed to the abbesses of the Château-Chalon monastery. Originally, it was a cooked wine to which aromatic and spicy substances were added....
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