Vendanges Tardives signifies a late harvest wine with greater-than-usal concentration of natural sugars (due to water evaporation).
Vendanges Tardives usually evokes Alsace: Riesling , Pinot Gris, Muscat, Gewürztraminer.
Two other appellation have the right to produce it, they are from southwest of France: Jurançon and Gaillac.