Lieu-dit

Lieu-dit (French pronunciation: [ljø.di] ⓘ; plural: lieux-dits) (literally location-said, "named place") is a French toponymic term for a small geographical area bearing a traditional name.

English speakers seem to have discovered the concept through oenology and have considered it as a wine term which in its typical usage translates as "vineyard name" or "named vineyard".

[1] Typically, a lieu-dit is the smallest piece of land which has a traditional vineyard name assigned to it.

[2] In most cases, this means that a lieu-dit is smaller than an appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC).

In some cases, lieux-dits appear on wine labels, in addition to the AOC name.

Three bottles of red Corton AOC wine, from the same appellation, showing different usages of lieu-dit ( climat ) designations on labels, in addition to the appellation's name. On the left, a wine with no indication of specific lieu-dit , in the middle a wine where Le Rognet is indicated in small print, and on the right a wine from Les Renardes , written hyphenated with Corton as "Corton-Renardes".
An Alsatian Riesling with the name of the lieu-dit it is sourced from on the label.