Saint-Émilion

British  

/ sɛ̃temiljɔ̃ /

noun

1. a full-bodied red wine, similar to a Burgundy, produced around the town of Saint-Émilion in Bordeaux

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Example Sentences

At the Clos De Bouard estate near Saint-Emilion, fully a third of sales are now of the chateau's two – soon to be three – non-alcoholic brands.

From BBC

It will also trail along the famed red-wine vineyards of Saint-Émilion and white-wine vines of Chablis.

From Seattle Times

Here’s more proof: This wine is from Axelle and Pierre Courdurié, the owners of Château Croix de Labrie, which was elevated last year to Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé status.

From Washington Post

It’s a blend of 80 percent merlot and 20 percent cabernet sauvignon, so I wouldn’t call it a “baby Saint-Émilion” — that would imply cabernet franc — but the majority merlot gives it a plush Right Bank savor.

From Washington Post

But the real jaw-dropping moment comes when the authors leave the “stunted little shrubs” on Bordeaux’s Left Bank of the Médoc for the Right Bank region of Saint-Émilion and its “air of generous luxuriance” and “vineyards of our more poetical visions.”

From Washington Post