How To Use Sauternes In A Sentence
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At the summit of the Sauternes appellation is the world famous Chateau d' Yquem.
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Pan-fried foie gras followed swiftly, served with roasted fresh figs and a rather incongruous glass of Sauternes.
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Get to know French Sauternes dessert wines; learn more about wine in this free instructional video.
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Strawberry cream cake could have lived happily ever after with a Sauternes sabayon.
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For the great sweet Bordeaux whites, you need Sauternes of similar status and you go to d' Yquem, where they don't do red.
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A sweet white wine from the Sauternes region of southwest France.
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While most of the world is obsessed with sell-by dates, freshness and ripeness, the sleepy hamlet of Sauternes sits 30 miles south of Bordeaux, obsessed with rot, decay and fungus.
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The 2001 vintage was a stunning one for Sauternes, and their grapes produced wines oozing in sweetness.
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You don't often find a bottle like this: it's a rare example of a honeyed, luscious, intense Sauternes at a reasonable price.
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Today, we prize dry red and white wines from round the world, while 100 years ago - although clarets and Burgundies were relished - real admiration was saved for naturally sweet wines: the Sauternes, Tokajis and Trockenbeerenausleses.
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Bergerac has an under-appreciated white wine, Monbazillac, that is almost the equal of many Sauternes and much less expensive.
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It paired perfectly with the sauternes suggested by the sommelier.
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Barrel samples of sweet wines from Sauternes and Barsac appellations have fared incredibly well in the barrel tasting of the 2001 vintage, which took place in Bordeaux just last March.
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Sauternes is mainly produced with Sémillon grape, to which is added a part of Sauvignon Blanc and - occasionally - small quantities of Muscadelle.
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The very growing conditions that make grape growing on Long Island challenging can also at times give rise to Botrytis cinerea, the mold responsible for perhaps the world's best dessert wines -- Sauternes.
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Great vintages of Barsac and Sauternes can not only age, but also actually improve over several decades developing concentration, distinction and power unequalled by any other wine during its life in the bottle.
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The main mechanism for the creation of Sauternes wine is a virulent but very temperamental fungus called botrytis cinerea, or botrytis to its friends.
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Only when their crop of vines is blighted can they make Sauternes, one of the most glorious sweet wines in the world, which thrives on rot and fungal decay.
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Get to know French Sauternes dessert wines; learn more about wine in this free instructional video.
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Although Bordeaux is best known for its red wines, the region produces excellent whites, particularly the sweet Sauternes.
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The mutual silence allows them to finish their puddings, coffees and Sauternes, in short order.
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The botrytis mould contributes to the unique flavours of wines such as Sauternes from Bordeaux, Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese Riesling from Germany, and an array of late-harvest wines from other regions.
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A mango sorbet served with a very fruity Sauternes closes the dinner, and we retire to the lounge in various degrees of inebriation, drinking beautifully roasted and percolated coffee, while the chefs pack up in the kitchen.
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The wines of the Sauternes appellation, at their best, are golden to orange marmalade in colour and possess a fabulous complex sweetness, without oiliness, sugary fatness or unctuousness.
