Editing Château (section)

===Bordeaux region===
There are many estates with true châteaux on them in the [[Bordeaux wine regions]], but it is customary for any [[Bordeaux wine|wine-producing estate]] since the 19th century, no matter how humble, to prefix its name with "Château". This term became the default way of designating an estate in [[Bordeaux]], in the same way that ''Domaine'' did in [[Burgundy wine|Burgundy]]. Both ''Château'' and ''Domaine'' are aristocratic in implication, but Bordeaux had a better claim to the association: nobles had owned Bordeaux's best vineyards for centuries. Most of Burgundy's best vineyards, in contrast, had been owned by the Church. The term ''Château'' became a permanent verbal fixture in Bordeaux, and it was emulated in other French regions and outside France.<ref>{{cite book|author= Rod Phillips|title= ''Wine: A social and cultural history of the drink that changed our lives''|publisher= Infinite Ideas Limited|year= 2018|isbn= 978-1-910902-48-6}}, pages 148-152, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gwhQDwAAQBAJ&dq=word+chateau+denomination+bordeaux+wine+english&pg=PA149 excerpts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228181547/https://books.google.com/books?id=gwhQDwAAQBAJ&dq=word+chateau+denomination+bordeaux+wine+english&pg=PA149#v=onepage&q=word%20chateau%20denomination%20bordeaux%20wine%20english&f=false |date=28 December 2023 }}</ref>

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File:Chateau Margaux 01 by-dpc.jpg|[[Château Margaux]]
File:Haut Brion exterior.jpg|[[Château Haut-Brion]]
File:Château d'Yquem.jpg|[[Château d'Yquem]]
File:Château Cheval-Blanc.jpg|[[Château Cheval-Blanc]]
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The winery denomination ''Château'' is now protected by French law, and confirmed in 1981 by European Union law,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:1981:106:TOC |title=Commission Regulation (EEC) No 997/81 of 26 March 1981 laying down detailed rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts, Article 5 |access-date=24 May 2020 |archive-date=28 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228181438/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:1981:106:TOC |url-status=live }}</ref> as "traditional appellation". The term Château may be used only if two conditions are fulfilled:
* The wine concerned have to be made exclusively from grapes harvested from wine belonging to that vineyard,
* The wine-making process was carried out there.