In China, there is a strange phenomenon, that is, "I heard it and heard what others said". Don't underestimate this force, it can quickly become a kind of news and a norm. The same is true in the wine industry. Many people are drinking wine, but they don't know much about it. Therefore, some bad and wrong propaganda methods are used by unscrupulous merchants to induce consumers in China. Therefore, the majority of drinkers need to keep their eyes open when buying wine, and go to the supermarket or specialty store next time. But the clerk tells you: "This is the AOC grade, which is the highest grade in France." He will also show you a line on the wine label, which is AOC. You should note that AOC has tens of dollars, even 1-20 yuan, and there are tens of thousands of world famous wines. AOC is a very rough classification, which only specifies the place of origin, that is, the source of wine, so the following brief introduction will let you know some AOC knowledge.

Let's start with French wine grades. There are four grades of French wine. Look at the picture below. In fact, most of the wines imported from China are AOC. There is no way. China people only recognize AOC, and some wine merchants sell ordinary VDT and VDP for hundreds of dollars.

AOC is called legal producing area, VDQS is excellent regional table wine, VDP is regional table wine, and VDT is daily table wine.

Introduction to AOC:

AOC is the abbreviation of country of origin. The wine label shows the full name grade+country of origin+controlled person. It is important to look at the middle origin.

France has a large producing area of 10. The biggest concept of AOC is A+ large producing area +C, which is the biggest AOC scope concept. AOC tells us which producing area wine comes from. These major producing areas have their own basic characteristics, such as sparkling wine of champagne, dry white of Alsace, black Pi Nuo red of Burgundy and Chardonnay white. Therefore, regional AOC can only be transparent to us with some basic information, that is, the range of producing areas, the types of wines that can be produced in this producing area and the varieties of grapes that can be used.

List:

Take Bordeaux producing area (the most recognized by China people in French 10 producing area) as an example, and look at the map of Bordeaux first.

1, AOC in large producing areas:

If it is appellation+big producing area +Controlee, it is big wine, and the grapes come from the whole region (see the picture below for the wine label).

(See the red horizontal line in the picture) Bordeaux AOC, grapes come from the whole picture, and AOC is the widest division. This is a regional AOC.

2. AOC of secondary producing areas:

But what if it is title+secondary producing area+controlled person? Then grapes can only come from this smaller producing area, and the scope is narrower.

(See the red horizontal line in the figure) From A+ to Medoc +C, the producing area is determined as Haut Medoc in the above figure, which is more detailed than A+ Bordeaux +C, and we call it AOC as the secondary producing area. (Secondly, it is not inferior, but the meaning of area and size, the meaning of division)

3. Village AOC:

There is a more accurate title+village+controlled, indicating that grapes come from a village. Compared with A+ Medoc +C, the scope is finer.

(See the red horizontal line in the picture) A+ Pauillac +C, the grapes come from the village of Pauillac in the green spot above, which is a village-level AOC.

The highest one, such as Burgundy's title+garden name +Controlee, shows that grapes only come from one vineyard. This marks the origin of the grapes (Burgundy) very carefully.

But remember, the finer the place of origin, the better the quality, but not all wines will be good. We also need to look at the potential of the production areas. For example, some villages produce famous wines, which are much more expensive than those produced in other unknown villages. There are also some places to classify wineries. For example, in Bordeaux, there are many classifications. 1855 classification wine on the left bank (Haut Medoc) is divided into five grades. Graded wines are basically Bordeaux's highest title+village name +Controlee, but 1 grade wines are several times more expensive than grade 5 wines.

So remember, you can't blindly pursue AOC and its hierarchical effect. AOC just revealed the information of this bottle of wine to us, so that we can better understand this bottle of wine. We should know that there are:

Regional AOC

AOC in secondary production area

Rural AOC

Vineyard AOC

The same level of AOC, for example, two bottles of wine are called +Pauillac+Controlee, so the price is also very different. Lafite is called +Pauillac+Controlee (1 winery, 1855 classification divides local good wine into five grades), the most expensive is tens of thousands of yuan, while those ordinary ones are called+.

So, what does AOC tell us?

First of all, AOC, like us, revealed the origin first. In France, we can also know the origin according to the bottle type, and since AOC revealed the origin, it basically told us what to use. Every producing area in France has corresponding varieties. A bottle of AOC in Bordeaux will never be brewed with Shiraz. He will brew it with legal bordeaux varieties.

Besides varieties, AOC also tells us how to brew. For example, champagne is sparkling wine, Burgundy is brewed by a single variety, and Bordeaux likes to brew by multiple varieties.

The following is a list of varieties from various producing areas. If AOC comes from the following producing areas, for example, the title +Pauillac+Controlee is red wine and comes from Bordeaux, then it will be brewed with the following red grapes. The specific ingredient is generally Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot is the main ingredient, and the rest is used for blending.

1. Bordeaux producing area

White grapes: Sauvignon Blanc; Semillon; Maskadler (Maskadler)

Red grapes: cabernet franc; Cabernet Sauvignon; Merlot; Malbec); ; Little Verdaud.

2. Burgundy in Burgundy producing area

White grapes: Chardonnay, Arigat.

Red grapes: Pinot Noir, Jiamei.

3. Rhone Valley

A. North Rhone Valley

White grapes: marsanne, Lushan and viognier.

Red grapes: Syrah

B. South Rhone Valley

White grapes: Pickball, Boer Brenc, Clarit.

Red grapes: Gehenna, Syrah, Mulwade and Zinso.

4. languedoc-Luxirong in languedoc-Lu Xiong producing area.

White grapes: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Macabe, Mozak and Shiraz.

Red grapes: Gehenna, Syrah, Morewade, Zinso,

Cabernet Sauvignon

5. Provence and Corsica in Provence-Corsica producing areas

White grapes: Clairette Rolle, Ugoni Blanc, Semillon;

Red grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Gerhenna, Syrah, Movid, Zinso, Tiburon and Carignan.

6. Alsace Alsace producing area

White grape: Gewurztraminer Pinot Grigio; Riesling; Muscat d 'Alsace; Girba Na; White Pi Nuo wine

Red grapes: Black Pi Nuo.

7. Loire Valley.

White grapes: Muscat grapes; Gro factory; Pinot Grigio; Bai Shining; Chardonnay; Sauvignon blanc; Chaselas (Chaselas)

Red grapes: cabernet franc; Gamay Black Pi Nuo; Cabernet Sauvignon; Pi Nuo Daounis; Malbec); ; Groleau

8. beaujolais, beaujolais.

Red grapes: Jiamei

9. Southwest China

White grapes: Muscat grapes; Gross Manson; Sauvignon blanc; Semillon (Semillon)

Red grapes: cabernet franc; Cabernet Sauvignon; Melot Tannatt; Marbeck (malbec)

10. Champagne producing area

White grape: Chardonnay

Red grapes: Pinot Noir; Maurier Pi Nuo Munir

Therefore, as long as it is AOC wine, it is suitable for everyone. AOC from different producing areas has different varieties and tastes. We need to choose what suits us. You can't blindly pursue AOC.