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‖ Sauternes|sotɛrn, səʊˈtɜːn|
Also Sauterne.
[Named from the district Sauterne near Bordeaux, where it is made.]
A white French wine of the Bordeaux class.
1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4817/6 For Sale.., 32 Hogsheads..of..Sauternes White Wine. 1833Redding Wines 154 The first [wines] in quality are Carbonieux,..Sauterne, Bommes, Barsac, and Preignac. 1836Dickens Sk. Boz, Boarding Ho. i, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Calton, and Mr. Hicks produced respectively a bottle of sauterne, bucellas, and sherry. 1895Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 165 Sauternes... 18/0. 1908[see Sauvignon a]. 1959W. James Word-bk. Wine 168 The sauternes-types made in Australia, South Africa, and California are most frequently a well-sulphured mixture of white wine and fortified grape juice. 1967A. Lichine Encycl. Wines 486/2 The wines to be met with in many other places in the world which call themselves sauternes—or even sauterne, as if to justify bad practice by bad spelling—are not what they claim to be. |