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A monopole (literally "monopoly" in French) is an area (often a vineyard) controlled by a single winery, and can be as small as a lieu-dit or as large as an entire appellation d'origine contrôlée.

Frequently, this is mentioned on the label, as it is rare for only one winery to produce all the wine from an area entitled to a certain name. 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.

[edit] List of monopoles (in need of expansion)

In Burgundy:

Vineyard Name	Class	Commune(Village)	Owner
Corton "Clos des Marechaudes"	Grand Cru	Aloxe-Corton	Albert Bichot
Chablis "La Moutonne"	Grand Cru	Chablis	Albert Bichot (Domaine Long Depaquit)
Ruchottes-Chambertin "Clos des Ruchotte"	Grand Cru	Gevrey-Chambertin	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
La Romanée	Grand Cru	Vosne-Romanée	Comte Liger-Belair (Château de Vosne-Romanée)
Clos de l'ecu	Premier Cru	Beaune	Domaine Faiveley
Clos des Ursule	Premier Cru	Beaune	Louis Jadot
Clos Napoléon (previously aux Cheuzots)	Premier Cru	Fixin	Pierre Gelin
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
Le Clos de Thorey	Premier Cru	Nuits-Saint-Georges	Antonin Rodet
Clos de la Maréchale	Premier Cru	Nuits-Saint-Georges	Jacques Frederic Mugnier
Clos des Épeneaux	Premier Cru	Pommard	Comte Armand
Clos de la Commaraine	Premier Cru	Pommard	Jabulet-Vercherre
Fremiets Clos de la Rougeotte	Premier Cru	Volnay	Bouchard Père & Fils
Clos des Ducs	Premier Cru	Volnay	Marquis d'Angerville
Clos des Réas	Premier Cru	Vosne-Romanée	Michel Gros
Clos de la Chaume Gaufriot	Village	Beaune	Antonin Guyon
Clos la Marche	Village	Mercurey	Louis Max
Clos des Ursulines	Village	Pommard	Albert Bichot (Domaine du Pavillon)
Clos de Fontaine	Village	Vosne-Romanée	Anne Fraçoise Gros
Clos Blanc de Vougeot	Village	Vougeot	Domaine de la Vougeraie

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.

[edit] See also

• Vineyard designated wine

[edit] References