Definition: Monopoly

This term frequently appears on wine labels, indicating that the wine is produced exclusively by a particular vineyard or distributed exclusively by a particular merchant. Examples: La Moutonne, a grand cru from Chablis, is the exclusive property of the Long-Depaquit estate; La Romanée-Conti and La Tâche are the exclusive property of the Romanée-Conti estate in Vosne-Romanée in Burgundy; La Coulée-de-Serrant is the exclusive property of the Château de la Roche-aux-Moines in Savennières in the Loire.