- Monopole (wine)
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A monopole ("monopoly" in French) is an area controlled by a single winery (wine company) and can be as small as a lieu-dit (vineyard) or as large as an entire appellation d'origine contrôlée, such as Bordeaux or Champagne. Frequently this is mentioned on the label and it is rare for only one winery to produce all the wine from an area entitled to a certain name. Each wine is sold by only one company.[1]
The Napoleonic inheritance laws typically caused vineyards to be so finely divided that négociants are needed to bottle commercial quantities of a wine. Whether a monopole indicates a wine of unusual quality or not is a matter of debate.
List of monopoles (in need of expansion)
In Burgundy:
Vineyard Name Class Commune(Village) Owner Chablis "La Moutonne" Grand Cru Chablis Albert Bichot (Domaine Long Depaquit) Ruchottes-Chambertin "Clos des Ruchottes" Grand Cru Gevrey-Chambertin Domaine Armand Rousseau Clos de Tart Grand Cru Morey-Saint-Denis Mommessin Clos des Lambray Grand Cru Morey-Saint-Denis Domaine des Lambrays Romanée-Conti Grand Cru Vosne-Romanée Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche Grand Cru Vosne-Romanée Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Grande Rue Grand Cru Vosne-Romanée Domaine François Lamarche Corton "Clos des Marechaudes" Grand Cru Aloxe-Corton Albert Bichot Corton "Clos des Cortons Faiveley" Grand Cru Aloxe-Corton Faiveley Clos des Noiterons Village Mercurey Château d'Etroyes (Protheau) Clos Napoléon (previously aux Cheuzots) Premier Cru Fixin Pierre Gelin Clos de la Mousse Premier Cru Beaune Bouchard Père et Fils Clos des Réas Premier Cru Vosne-Romanée Michel Gros Clos des Corvées Village Mercurey Château d'Etroyes (Protheau) Le Clos de Thorey Premier Cru Nuits-Saint-Georges Antonin Rodet Clos de la Maréchale Premier Cru Nuits-Saint-Georges Jacques Frederic Mugnier Savigny-Champ-Chevrey Premier Cru Savigny-lès-Beaune Domaine Tollot-Beaut Clos de l'ecu Premier Cru Beaune Domaine Faiveley Clos des Ursule Premier Cru Beaune Louis Jadot Clos des Épeneaux Premier Cru Pommard Comte Armand Fremiets Clos de la Rougeotte Premier Cru Volnay Bouchard Père & Fils Clos des Ducs Premier Cru Volnay Marquis d'Angerville Clos de la Bousse d'Or Premier Cru Volnay La Pousse d'Or Clos des 60 Ouvrées Premier Cru Volnay La Pousse d'Or Clos de la Chapelle Premier Cru Volnay Domaine Clos de la Chapelle Clos Saint Paul Premier Cru Givry Domaine Silvestre Du Closel Clos Salomon Premier Cru Givry Gardin Perrotto (Domaine du Clos Salomon) Clos des Myglands Premier Cru Mercurey Domaine Faiveley Clos de la Fontaine Village Vosne-Romanée Anne Fraçoise Gros Clos Blanc de Vougeot Village Vougeot Domaine de la Vougeraie Clos des Langres Village Corgoloin Domaine d'Ardhuy Pièce du Chapître Village Savigny-lès-Beaune Domaine Tollot-Beaut Clos de la Chaume Gaufriot Village Beaune Antonin Guyon Clos des Ursulines Village Pommard Albert Bichot (Domaine du Pavillon) Clos la Marche Village Mercurey Louis Max Others
- Château-Grillet AOC, of Château Grillet.
In Bourgogne region, most of the vineyards which classified as Grand Cru have their own appellation (AOC). However, for some cases, several vineyards have one appellation. For example, 7 Grand Crus exists in Chablis region, but only one appellation "Chablis Grand Cru" is given to them. Corton Grand Cru, the largest Grand Cru in Bourgogne, has 26 sub-vineyards in it.
Chablis "La Moutonne" is not recognized as Grand Cru by INAO, but BIVB (Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne) recognizes it as Grand Cru.
See also
- Vineyard designated wine
References
- ^ Robert Joseph (2006). Wine Travel Guide to the World. Footprint Travel Guides, 2006. pp. 384. ISBN 9781904777854. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8G5aWddvUh4C&pg=PA34&dq=wine+monopoles+france&hl=en&ei=outJTeDvF5OxhQfMzJj7Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CEgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=monopole&f=false. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
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