Monopole (wine)
A monopole is an area controlled by a single winery and can be as small as a named vineyard or as large as an entire appellation d'origine contrôlée. Frequently this is mentioned on the label as it is rare for only one winery to produce all the wine from an area entitled to a certain name. Each wine is sold by only one company.
The Napoleonic inheritance laws typically caused vineyards to be so finely divided among inheritors -down to even a single row of vines- that négociants are needed to bottle commercial quantities of a wine. Whether a monopole indicates a wine of unusual quality or not is a matter of debate.
List of ''monopoles'' (in need of expansion)
In Burgundy:| Vineyard Name | Class | Commune | Owner |
| Chablis "La Moutonne" | Chablis | Albert Bichot | |
| Les Ruelles | Premier Cru | Mercurey | Château de Chamirey |
| La Mission | Premier Cru | Mercurey | Château de Chamirey |
| Clos des Monts Luisants | Premier Cru | Morey-Saint-Denis | Domaine Ponsot |
| Ruchottes-Chambertin "Clos des Ruchottes" | Grand Cru | Gevrey-Chambertin | Domaine Armand Rousseau |
| Clos de Tart | Grand Cru | Morey-Saint-Denis | Clos de Tart |
| Romanée-Conti | Grand Cru | Vosne-Romanée | Domaine de la Romanée-Conti |
| La Tâche | Grand Cru | Vosne-Romanée | Domaine de la Romanée-Conti |
| La Grande Rue | Grand Cru | Vosne-Romanée | Domaine François Lamarche |
| La Romanée | Grand Cru | Vosne-Romanée | Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair |
| Corton "Clos des Marechaudes" | Grand Cru | Aloxe-Corton | Albert Bichot |
| Corton "Clos des Cortons Faiveley" | Grand Cru | Aloxe-Corton | Domaine Faiveley |
| Clos des Porrets | Premier Cru | Nuits-Saint-Georges | Domaine Henri Gouges |
| Clos des Noiterons | Village | Mercurey | Château d'Etroyes |
Others
- Château-Grillet AOC, of Château Grillet.
- Savennières-Coulée-de-Serrant, owned by Nicolas Joly.