Cru bourgeois

Traditional term for wine

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

• Registered name: Cru bourgeois
• 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 “Médoc”, “Haut-Médoc”, “Margaux”, “Moulis”, “Listrac”, “Saint-Julien”, “Pauillac”, “Saint-Estèphe”: Expression related to the quality of a wine, to its history as well as to a type of area evoking a hierachy of merit between wines coming from a specific estate.

Legislation

Also protected in: Chile

Published 4 January 2021