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of the Mosel region has also remained untouched by phylloxera; the parasite is unable to survive in the slate soil.

Until 2005, three tiny parcels of ungrafted Pinot noir that escaped phylloxera were used to produce Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Françaises, one of the rarest and most expensive Champagnes available. In 2004, one of the parcels, Croix Rouge in Bouzy, died from phylloxera and

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