Wines produced on the best plots (climats) on village land.
Wines produced on very accurately defined plots of land called Climats, within a village.
Wines produced on land around wine-growing villages and bearing their name.
Wines produced over the entire Bourgogne wine-growing area.
"Stirring the lees”. Lees are natural in the wine, the grower will move them, and put them in suspension in the barrel. Strirring the lees is done sometimes for white wines, it will give richness to the wine, and roundness.
Varietal grape (Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Aligoté, Gamay...)
A vineyard surround by wall, in general with a historic recognition.
Cuvée or blend.
Alcoholic fermentation, the transformation in wine, which is the fact sugar becomes alcohol.
Malolactic fermentation, natural to the wine, it's when the malic acid becomes lactic acid, and the wine is less acid.
Lees, natural composant of the wine, they are looking like a very light flour.
