Sau·ternes or sau·ternes (s -tûrn , sô-)n. pl. Sau·ternes (-tûrn , -tûrnz) 1. A delicate sweet white wine from the Bordeaux region of France, made from grapes that have been infected with noble rot. 2. often sau·terne (-tûrn ) A sweet to moderately dry white wine from California.[French, after Sauternes, a village of southwest France.] |
Sauternes [səʊˈtɜːn]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (sometimes not capital) a sweet white wine made in the southern Bordeaux district of France
[from Sauternes, the district where it is produced]
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| Noun | 1. | Sauternes - semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California white wine - pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation |
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