N1 · category
Wine spirits
- Family
- Single-distillate spirit
- Raw materials
- Grape
- Place of origin
- France
Spirit obtained by distilling wine. The category gathers the regional « fines » — Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Languedoc, Champagne, Bugey, Côtes-du-Rhône — of which cognac and armagnac are the two best-known expressions.
The thing to remember
Nine French geographical indications fall under this category in the Union register, only two of which are widely known outside France.
Terroirs and geographical indications
The recognised production areas attached to this category in the Atlas.
- Eau-de-vie de Faugères Geographical indication registered in the European Union · France
- Eau-de-vie de vin de la Marne Geographical indication registered in the European Union · France
- Eau-de-vie de vin des Côtes-du-Rhône Geographical indication registered in the European Union · France
- Eau-de-vie de vin originaire du Bugey Geographical indication registered in the European Union · France
- Eau-de-vie de vin originaire du Languedoc Geographical indication registered in the European Union · France
- Fine Bordeaux Geographical indication registered in the European Union · France
- Fine de Bourgogne Geographical indication registered in the European Union · France
- Brandy de Jerez Geographical indication registered in the European Union · Spain
Sources and validation
- Sources of the corpus
- Names and statuses: eAmbrosia, the official register of geographical indications of the European Union. Geometries: INAO, Délimitation des aires géographiques des SIQO (27/07/2026), Licence Ouverte v2.0, reprojected to WGS84.
- Corpus updated on
- 1 August 2026
- Validation
- Seed entry Corpus under construction. Each entry is checked and sourced before validation by the future scholarly board. Protection status and mode of location are carried by each entry: an area delimited by a product specification and a reference-town point do not carry the same weight.