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a wordMonopole

MonopoleFrench monopole, from Greek monos (single) + pōlein (to sell)

A named vineyard held whole by one owner. Rare in Burgundy, where inheritance splits everything, and printed on the label whenever it is true.

Root. French monopole, from Greek monos (single) + pōlein (to sell) Cited · wp-monopole-wine

Facts

kindvineyard
regionBurgundy
confidencehigh · updated 2026-09-16

Its kin

vineyardRomanée-Conti1.8 hectares, one owner.and of this page it says: One owner, one vineyard — the word for this arrangement.vineyardLa TâcheFive hectares, the same owner.vineyardClos de VougeotThe opposite case: one name, eighty owners.

Who points back

word · says of this pageLieu-ditWhat a lieu-dit is called when one owner holds it all.

Sources

Where it came from: Cited a source we name · Harvested pulled from an open dataset · Tradition what the tradition says, hedged · Inference this project's reasoning · Field somebody stood there. This record as JSON.

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