Reserve wine system, most DACs have an additional "Reserve" designation for a wine which has slightly more strict requirements. Before the 1971 German wine law, a term corresponding to reserve wine existed in "kabinett", sometimes written as "Kabinettwein". In 1971, the similar-sounding term "Kabinett" was instead introduced as the lowest level of the "Prädikatswein" category, i.e., with a completely different meaning. Therefore, in the present German wine classification no legally defined term corresponding to reserve wine exists. Reserve wine Reserve wine is wine of a higher quality than usual, or a wine that has been aged before being sold, or both. Traditionally,
Monopole (wine) bottle commercial quantities of a wine. Whether a "monopole" indicates a wine of unusual quality or not is a matter of debate. In Burgundy: Others Monopole (wine) A monopole (French for 'monopoly') is an area controlled by a single winery (wine company) and can be as small as a named vineyard ("lieu-dit") or as large as an entire" appellation d'origine contrôlée" (AOC). 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