French term used quite generally to refer to the local, traditional name of a small area of land, usually defined by topography or history. Such locally given names are also used more specifically, especially in Burgundy, to refer to a plot of land or vineyard within a larger appellation. In practice these names are used on labels for vineyards below premier cru in rank, for example Les Tillets in the commune of Meursault.
ยฉ Jancis Robinson and Oxford University Press 1994, 1999, 2006, 2015
