
Originally Posted by
Rover_KE
Your guess is spot-on, ems (can I call you ems for short?).
I can't think of anything that sounds like town, but a single-village growth would make perfect sense.
Wines produced from a named village - or even a single vineyard - are usually superior to those bearing the regional appellation.
For example, Fleurie, from the village of that name, is a classy example of Beaujolais.
What happens is that individual vintners, in years when their own wine is of insufficient quantity or quality to be bottled and sold under its own label, send their wine to the local co-operative to be blended with that of other growers and sold under the regional name.
Rover