The categories and their shares of the total French production for the 2005 vintage, excluding wine destined for Cognac, Armagnac and other brandies, were:

They are rich and opulent, wines of great depth and concentration, destined to mature - and endure - for many years to come.

The Albillo grape is the only white variety grown, white wines being mostly destined for local consumption.

A short cork is perfectly adequate for a wine destined to be drunk within a few years.

This has been reduced to 35% new casks and wine destined for the second wine Le Clarence is aged in 25% new oak.

A scant two months later, the wine destined to be called "nouveau" is bottled and shipped to Paris and around the world.

Mostly it was produced in warm vintages when batches of wines destined for sweet recioto were unintentionally allowed to ferment completely dry.

In the beginning, his company mainly represented top-end wines, destined for exclusive shops.

Petite Champagne is a geographic zone of Cognac production of approximately 66,000 hectares, of which about 15,000 are dedicated to wines destined for cognac.