Lieu dit

A lieu-dit is a in France and other French-speaking countries or regions common name of a place of limited size, a neighborhood or district, a hamlet or a small core of a few houses, where the tradition originated naming often refers to one of the old residents or visitors, or to a distinctive geographical feature of the place. The term literally means "saying location". ==Oenology[ Edit] == In the oenology in certain wines the lieu-dit of production likewise indicated. Lieu-dit in this context means a defined part of a vineyard and is synonymous with the (also French) term "climate". The term is especially used in the grand cru's of Burgundy and Alsace. For example, the vineyard Corton In Burgundy from the lieu-dits Les Pougets, Les Languettes, Le Corton, Les Renardes, Les Grèves, Le Clos du Roi and other. In the Alsace region is placing the lieu-dit on label at a grand cru mandatory.