Sauternes

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AOC sweet white wine wine appellation

Sauternes is a renowned sweet white wine appellation in southwestern France, famous for its botrytized wines made primarily from Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc grapes.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Sauternes AOC 3
Barsac 2
Sauternes wine region 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf AOC ⓘ
sweet white wine ⓘ
wine appellation ⓘ
agingPotential very long ⓘ
agingVessel oak barrels ⓘ
classification 1855 Bordeaux classification ⓘ
surface form: 1855 Sauternes and Barsac classification
climateFeature morning mists ⓘ
warm sunny afternoons ⓘ
climateInfluence Ciron River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Garonne ⓘ
surface form: Garonne River
color golden ⓘ
country France ⓘ
famousFor botrytized wines ⓘ
noble rot dessert wines ⓘ
foodPairing blue cheese ⓘ
foie gras ⓘ
fruit-based desserts ⓘ
grapeRipeningIssue low yields due to noble rot selection ⓘ
grapeVarietyUsed Muscadelle ⓘ
Sauvignon Blanc ⓘ
Sémillon ⓘ
harvestMethod hand harvesting ⓘ
multiple selective pickings ⓘ
keyProcess Botrytis cinerea infection ⓘ
concentration of sugars in grapes ⓘ
locatedIn Bordeaux wine region ⓘ
southwestern France ⓘ
notableEstate Château Climens ⓘ
Château Rieussec ⓘ
Château Suduiraut ⓘ
Château d’Yquem ⓘ
primaryGrape Sémillon ⓘ
regionOverlap Barsac AOC ⓘ
regulation Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée rules ⓘ
secondaryGrape Sauvignon Blanc ⓘ
servingTemperature well chilled ⓘ
subregionOf Bordeaux wine region ⓘ
surface form: Graves wine district
supportsNobleRot yes ⓘ
sweetnessLevel lusciously sweet ⓘ
tertiaryGrape Muscadelle ⓘ
typicalAlcoholByVolume around 13–14% ABV ⓘ
typicalFlavorNotes apricot ⓘ
botrytis spice ⓘ
honey ⓘ
marmalade ⓘ
nuts ⓘ
peach ⓘ
typicalResidualSugar high ⓘ
wineStyle sweet white ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Cirón → associatedWith → Sauternes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sauternes AOC
Cirón → flowsThrough → Sauternes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sauternes wine region
Cirón → flowsThrough → Sauternes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sauternes AOC
Bordeaux → hasSubregion → Sauternes ⓘ
Bordeaux → hasSubregion → Sauternes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Barsac
Sémillon → notableRegion → Sauternes ⓘ
Muscadelle → usedIn → Sauternes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sauternes wines
this entity surface form: Barsac
Sémillon → usedInAppellation → Sauternes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sauternes AOC