Appellation d'Origine Contrõlée
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Appellation d'Origine Contrõlée (AOC), which roughly translates as "term of origin" is the French certification granted to certain French geographical indications for wines, cheeses, ...
Appellations & Classifications
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The appellation system also admit, where applicable, the indication of the name of a sub zone, such as a specific vineyard, farm or estate, or the name of the place of origin, ...
French Appellation System
What is the French Appellation system?
Ask anyone who knows something about wine (and many people who do not) to name famous wine countries and I will guarantee that France will be near the top (if not, the top) of the ...
Nowadays, the laws of August 1st, 1905 and May 6th, 1919 rule the appellations in Burgundy. Territories composed of small crops called "climats" compose the appellations.
Appellation
The area where grapes are grown and made into wine. Appellations are used to identify most of the wines of the United States, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal.
Appellation: A system developed by the French to regulate the authenticity of their finest wines. Appellation applies specifically to the region where the grapes were grown.
Appellation Contrôlée
The French are great bureaucrats, and a wine with Appellation Contrôlée (AOC) on the label will have had to have met a whole host of regulations regarding grape variety, maximum yield, minimum ageing and so on.
Appellation of Origin: Term for the label designations that indicate the geographic origin of the grapes.
Aroma: odors in the wine that originate in the grape. To be distinguished from bouquet.
Appellation. Defines the area where a wine's grapes were grown, such as Bordeaux, Gevrey-Chambertin, Napa Valley or Russian River Valley. Regulations vary widely from country to country.
Appellation
Appellation refers to where the grapes were grown. For example, if the wine label says "Napa County", it's required by law to be made from at least 85% of grapes from Napa County.
Appellation - The official name of the area of origin of a wine. Appellation d'Origine Controlee is the term applied in France for the laws controlling wine and its production. Laws in most other countries had their beginnings based on the A.O.
APPELLATION D'ORIGINE CONTROLEE (AOC): The French system of appellations.
Appellation of Origin - includes two distinct categories, Appellation of Origin of Superior Quality (abbreviated in Greek as OPAP) and Appellation of Controlled Origin (abbreviated as OPE), ...
Appellation. Where the grapes came from. Often, the more specific, the better.
Appellation Controlee. French system that sets rules for winemaking in geographic areas. A world standard.
Appellation: The geographical location identifying where the grapes for specific wines were grown. Appellations may vary in scope - from hundreds of thousands of acres, to just a few.
Appellation - A geographical based term to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown.
Aroma - The smell of a wine. The term is generally applied to younger wines, while the term Bouquet is reserved for more aged wines.
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Appellation
The official geographic origin of a wine, which becomes part of a wine's official name.
Appellations of origin
Term for the label designations that indicate the geographic origin of the grapes used to make the wine.
Appellation d'Origine Controllee (AOC):A system of geographic naming control applied in France. AOC rules proscribe allowable grape varieties, winemaking methods, minimum alcohol levels, yields and vine density limits.
APPELLATION
The specific area a wines origin. It can refer to a region, such as Bordeaux or Burgundy however it often refers to an even more tightly defined sub-region such as Médoc (Located in Bordeaux).
Appellation: A term used to describe the vineyard location where the grapes were grown for a specific wine. It can refer to a broad region, such as Napa Valley in California or Bordeaux in France.
Best Appellations
MACONNAIS (Inc. Pouilly-Fuissé) The danger with Pouilly-Fuissés, particularly if they are the oaky versions, is that in hot, concentrated vintages they can be too alcoholic; top heavy wines lacking zip.
AC - Appellation Contrõlée: (see AOC, below).
Acidity: A naturally occurring component of every wine; the level of perceived sharpness; a key element to a wine's longevity; a leading determinant of balance.
APPELLATION/AVA/DOC
The French term, Appellation d'Origine Contrõlée, (AOC), refers to a set of comprehensive regulations that specify the precise geographic area in which a given French wine can be made.
Appellation d'Origine Qualifiée
Expression employée en Espagne pour décrire une Appellation d'Origine soumise à un cahier de charges plus rigoureux que les appellations d'origine habituelles.
Appellation. Official name referring to a wine's geographic region of origin.
Aroma. The smell of a wine. Some people use the term aroma for younger wines; bouquet for those that have been aged.
An appellation in the northern Rhone Valley in France. It produces red wines from Syrah and a small amount of whites from Marsanne.
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Generic appellation for basic Rhone Valley wines, red and white. Often represent good value, although some drop to jug-wine status.
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Rioja's appellation laws, called Denominacion de Origen Calificada (DOC), delineate three levels of red Rioja. Crianza wines have been aged for 12 to 18 months in oak barrels and at least an additional year in bottle before release.
Regional Appellation
Village
Premier Cru
Grand Cru
I can tell you from personal experience the last three-tier levels (Village up to Grand Cru) do not produce wine at our price point in most of the Burgundy regions (save Beaujolais)-which leaves ...
California Appellations
When it comes to world-class wine grape growing, California has what it takes.
France has an appellation system based on the concept of terroir, with classifications which range from Vin de Table ("table wine") at the bottom, ...
Although California appellations have a shorter history than those of France, distinct regional characteristics emerge with the passage of each vintage.
AOCShort for Appellation d'Origine Contrõlée (sometimes Appellation Contrõlée abbreviated as AC). Translates literally to protected place name, and is the official French category for higher-ranking wines.
A system implemented in 1983 created to identify the origin of US wines along the same lines as the French Appellation d'Origine Controlee system.
Appellation Contrôlée (AC or AOC, French) Part of French law that guarantees that a wine comes from where the label says it does, that it is made from specific grapes and that it is produced in a certain way.
Aroma: The smell of a wine.
Albariño - Fresh, crisp white wine from the Rias Baixas appellation of Galicia. It's also the name of the primary grape in these elegant wines.
Alella - The smallest D.O. in Spain, located just north of Barcelona.
Next, it's critical to take some time to get to know key appellations in the dominate wine regions of France. These appellations will tip you off on which grapes are likely in the bottle of wine.
Appellation
A system originally developed by the Portuguese to regulate the fortified wine port, and now applied by most countries to their wines. Appellations appear on the wine label and offer consumers an indication of the contents.
the "Bevill-Mazzoni" clone from the Dry Creek appellation was recently reported (7/2000) as yielding excellent results even as a young vine.
Become AOVDQS "Appellation d'Origine Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure", Label of origin Delimited Wine of Higher Quality. Product in an area and according to a precise regulation.
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To make matters even more complicated, let's look at another appellation of Burgundy that produces white wines: Chablis' neighbor-Cote d'Or.
Canon Fronsac is one of the most respected of the "Libourne satellites" of Bordeaux, Right Bank appellations around Pomerol and Saint-Emilion; and Chateau La Croix Canon Fronsac is one of its better producers.
The finest wines are entitled to the appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC; "controlled name of origin"), which is based on a hierarchy of specific geographic areas known to produce the best wines.
The Corbieres is one of the largest wine appellations in France, a sub-region of the Languedoc-Roussillon, located in the south of France, below Minervois and along the Mediterranean Sea.
appellation), varietal (i.e., the type of grape) and aesthetic appeal of the bottle and label. Make no mistake, the label can nearly be art when the bottle is displayed appropriately.
Its Czech name, Rulandské bílé, has resulted from the appellation of Grauer Burgunder in Germany. The Czech name 'Rulandské' is used for the whole group of Burgundian varieties and it has become a world rarity.
Fleurie is one of the more expensive of the appellations, but it is often one of the tastiest Beaujolais wines as well. It can have a highly perfumed floral character, and a lightly fruity taste.
Sauvignon Blanc in Burgundy: A new appellation in Burgundy, Saint Bris (formerly a VDQS known as Sauvignon Saint Bris) is the first to permit the Sauvignon Blanc grape in this heretofore Chardonnay area.
AOC - Abbreviation for Appellation d'Origine Contrõlée, a French term for a governed wine region.
Aperitif - A wine that is either drunk by itself or before a meal in order to stimulate the appetite.
In the southwest of the state are the Rogue Valley, Applegate Valley and Umpqua Valley appellations.
Appellation Controlee (AC): Apellation Controlee is a guarantee that a wine was produced in a specific location by a particular method with approved grape varieties and in controlled quantities.
Just for one example, in the United States, a wine must be 85 percent from grapes grown within the viticultural area to carry the appellation name.
A.O.C. (French term)
Abbreviation for French "Appellation d'Origine Contrõlée", which is a geographical-based term used to identify where the a wine was grown.
Appley
A tasting term often referring to the flavours of a dry white wine.
Hermitage
A highly-regarded French appellation located along the northern Rhone. Reds of this appellation are made from Syrah grapes, and whites, from Marsanne andd Rousanne.
A very good wine from Italy, "appellation contrôlée" produced east or Lake Garde.
Barolo :
Italian red wine produced in the village of the same name, in the South of Piémont, near Turin.
Four Appellations produce these wines. Easily the most important is Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine, which is southeast of Nantes and produces 85 percent of Muscadets.
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Vin de Pays
French term essentially meaning 'country wines'. This category lies below Appellation d'Origine Contrõlée and the rapidly disappearing Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure, but is distinctly superior to the lowly Vin de Table.
Pomerol has no classification system. But Château Pétrus from this appellation is popularly recognized as a First Growth in quality.
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