Sélection de grains nobles

Traditional term for wine

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 4 January 2021

• Registered name: Sélection de grains nobles
• Register: Traditional terms for wine
• Status: Registered
• Class or category of product: Traditional Term
• Protection type: Traditional Term
• Country of origin: France
• Traditional term type: Description of product characteristic
• Traditional term language: French
• Date of registration (UK scheme): 10 March 2021
• Reason for protection: EU agreement

Summary

PDO “Alsace”, “Alsace Grand Cru”, “Condrieu”, “Monbazillac”, “Graves supérieur”, “Bonnezeaux”, “Jurançon”, “Cérons”, “Quarts de Chaume”, “Sauternes”, “Loupiac”, “Côteaux du Layon”, “Barsac”, “Sainte Croix du Mont”, “Côteaux de l’Aubance”, “Cadillac”: wine compulsorily élaborated from manually cropped vintages through successive selections. Aim of seeking the overmatured vintages, affected by noble rot or having undergone a concentration on vine.

Published 4 January 2021