Sauternes

[soh-turn, saw-, soh-tern]

noun

1. a rich, sweet white table wine of France.

2. the district near Bordeaux producing this wine.

Sauternes

/ səʊˈtɜːn /

noun

1. (sometimes not capital) a sweet white wine made in the southern Bordeaux district of France

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sauternes¹

C18: from Sauternes, the district where it is produced

Example Sentences

Musings also run to the amount of sugar in Sauternes, or the pairing of wine and food, a notion James contends did not exist until the 1980s.

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We relished a superb glass of Sauternes while watching the sun set behind the Siskiyous.

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This might also be an opportunity to crack that bottle of Sauternes you’ve saved for years.

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In the Sauternes region of Bordeaux, some vineyards have reported 90% of the crop destroyed.

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We also discover how autumn morning mists and sunny afternoons farther to the south encourage the curiously beneficent fungus that helps turn semillon, sauvignon blanc and muscadelle grapes into honeyed Sauternes.

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