Sémillon

E49304

white grape variety wine grape variety

Sémillon is a classic French white wine grape variety, especially known for its key role in the sweet wines of Sauternes and rich dry whites from Bordeaux.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sémillon canonical	40
Semillon	17
Sémillon is the dominant variety	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	white grape variety ⓘ wine grape variety ⓘ
acidity	medium to low acidity ⓘ
agingPotential	good in high-quality dry wines ⓘ high in sweet botrytized wines ⓘ
aroma	citrus ⓘ honey ⓘ lanolin ⓘ stone fruit ⓘ toast with oak aging ⓘ
body	medium to full-bodied ⓘ
color	white ⓘ
grapeSkin	thin-skinned ⓘ
majorCountryOfCultivation	Australia ⓘ Chile ⓘ France ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
notableNewWorldRegion	Barossa Valley ⓘ Hunter Valley ⓘ Napa Valley ⓘ
notableRegion	Bordeaux ⓘ Sauternes ⓘ
oftenBlendedWith	Muscadelle ⓘ Sauvignon Blanc ⓘ surface form: Sauvignon blanc
origin	France ⓘ
primaryRoleIn	Barsac sweet wines ⓘ sweet wines of Sauternes ⓘ
species	Vitis vinifera ⓘ
susceptibility	high susceptibility to Botrytis cinerea ⓘ
synonym	Blanc doux ⓘ Chevrier ⓘ Colombier ⓘ Greenock ⓘ Riesling ⓘ surface form: Hunter River Riesling Malaga ⓘ Wyndruif ⓘ
typicalAlcoholLevel	medium to high ⓘ
usedFor	botrytized dessert wine ⓘ dry white wine ⓘ sweet wine ⓘ
usedInAppellation	Barsac AOC ⓘ Graves ⓘ surface form: Graves AOC Pessac-Léognan ⓘ surface form: Pessac-Léognan AOC Sauternes ⓘ surface form: Sauternes AOC
viticulturalCharacteristic	early to mid-season ripening ⓘ relatively high yields ⓘ
wineStyleAssociation	ageworthy sweet wines ⓘ rich dry white Bordeaux ⓘ

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bordeaux → whiteGrapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Sauvignon Blanc → oftenBlendedWith → Sémillon ⓘ

Margaret River → knownFor → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Hunter Valley → grapeVarietyProduced → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Graves → grapeVarietyWhite → Sémillon ⓘ

Pessac-Léognan → grapeVarietyWhite → Sémillon ⓘ

Entre-Deux-Mers → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Sauternes → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Sauternes → primaryGrape → Sémillon ⓘ

Barossa Valley → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Clare Valley wine region → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Blaye → primaryWhiteGrapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

South West Australia wine zone → grapeVarieties → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Gaillac AOC → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Lovedale → grapeVarietyProduced → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Pokolbin → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Livermore Valley AVA → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Riverina wine region → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

McWilliam’s Wines (Hanwood near Griffith) → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Bergerac → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Bergerac wine region → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Graves Supérieures → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Graves Supérieures → primaryGrapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Château Haut-Brion → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Château Pape Clément → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Château de Fieuzal → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Château Olivier → grapeVarietyWhite → Sémillon ⓘ

Charente vineyards → typicalGrapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Domaine de Chevalier → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Chevrier → alternativeNameOf → Sémillon ⓘ

Chevrier → refersTo → Sémillon ⓘ

Chevrier → primaryGrapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Léognan → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Château Couhins-Lurton → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Barsac AOC → primaryGrapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Barsac AOC → authorizedGrapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Buzet → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Château Malartic-Lagravière → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Château d’Yquem → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Château d’Yquem → grapeVarietyShare → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sémillon is the dominant variety

Château Suduiraut → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Château Rieussec → grapeVarietyUsed → Sémillon ⓘ

Château Climens → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Pemberton wine region → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Mount Benson wine region → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Margaret River wine region → grapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon

Malaga → usedAsSynonymFor → Sémillon ⓘ

subject surface form: Malaga (grape)

Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux AOC → authorizedWhiteGrapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Provence wine region → whiteGrapeVariety → Sémillon ⓘ

Mudgee wine region → knownFor → Sémillon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Semillon