The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BASTION
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BASTION
- Most of camp moving into fortress
- In defence, good for the French to drink wine
- Defender of good French wine must be drunk
- Baton is used in defence
- Good to bottle wine that’s fortified
- Defending place of sparkling drink in good French?
- Defender of Italian wine kept in bond, for the most part
- Improperly obtains part of castle that’s outstanding?
- Obtains new defence
- Tower has good French wine being stored
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What does BASTION mean?
BASTION noun- A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
- A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
- A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
- To furnish with a bastion.