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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.


Barsac British  
/ barsak, ˈbɑːsæk /

noun

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

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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

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)

We reached Langon on the 12th, and Barsac on the 13th June.

From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William

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