Barsac

American  

[bahr-sak, bar-sak] / ˈbɑr sæk, barˈsak /

noun

1. a village and winegrowing district in Gironde, in SW France.

2. a sweet, white Sauterne from here.

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Barsac British  

/ barsak, ˈbɑːsæk /

noun

1. a sweet French white wine produced around the town of Barsac in the Gironde

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Example Sentences

In May on Nantucket, a dinner of old Bordeaux finished up with Château Climens 2005 from Barsac, a region within the greater Sauternes appellation.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2019

“I direct my sommeliers not to list sweet wines as ‘dessert wines,’ and to discuss with the guest the varying degrees of sweetness between, say, a Sauternes and a lighter bodied Barsac.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 5, 2011

“It’s a 1921 Barsac, but it’s open now.”

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The Graves country forms a zone 30 m. in extent, stretching along the left bank of the Garonne from the neighbourhood of Bordeaux to Barsac.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

So I bought a cooked chicken and a bottle of Barsac, and mounting to the apartment of the invalid, I made him eat and drink.

From Ballads of a Bohemian by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)