Sauternes Definition

sōtʉrn; Fr sōtepn
noun
A sweet white wine produced in SW France near the Bordeaux region.
Webster's New World
Any of various white wines, of varying sweetness, produced elsewhere.
Webster's New World

Plural form of sauterne.

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Origin of Sauternes

  • French after Sauternes , a village of southwest France

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sauternes Sentence Examples

  • The finest wines are produced in a manner somewhat similar to that employed for making the Sauternes.

  • The finest varieties of Tokay are made entirely or mainly from Furmint grapes which have been allowed to become over-ripe in a manner somewhat similar to that obtaining in the Sauternes districts.

  • In the case of the production of certain sweet wines (such as the sweet Sauternes, Port and Tokay) the fermentation only proceeds up to a certain extent.

  • Among the white wines we have the full sweet Sauternes, the relatively dry and elegant Graves and Chablis, and the light white wines which produce champagne and brandy.

  • The Gironde viticultural region is divided into six main districts, namely, Medoc, Sauternes, Graves, Cotes, Entre-deux-Mers and Palus.

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