What’s the difference between an AOC, an Exclusive AOC or Premier vineyard?
AOC stands for Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée and is the highest legal classification for French wine. In order to qualify for the AOC, wines must be produced from grapes grown within a geographically defined area, and conform to regulations concerning grape varieties, yields, alcohol content and so on. · Our AOC vineyard rentals produce a wine which is available not only to us but to other customers as well. However, the price you pay will always be a little cheaper than the price at the vineyard. · Our Exclusive AOC rentals produce wine that is made either from grapes harvested from a specific plot of land (eg our Mercurey Premier Cru Les Byots), or is a special cuvée selected and blended from the vats before bottling (eg our Côtes de Bourg from Château Rousselle). In both instances the resulting wine is ONLY available to 3D Wines’ Partners. · Our Premier row rental comes from an exclusive vineyard where the availability of our particular wine is very limited. Once again the wine is
