1
capitalized
: a full-bodied sweet white wine from the Bordeaux region of France
2
usually sauterne
: a semidry to semisweet American white wine that is a blend of several grapes
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Teeling has released some other old single malts, including a 24 and 30-year-old finished in sauternes casks.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2022
You may be offered a late-harvest riesling, sauternes, a moscato, a tawny port or a Canadian ice wine.
—Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
In addition, the company will release four different cask aged bottlings of Blender’s Cut this year, using casks from the production of Barbados rum, apricot brandy, French sauternes, and tawny port.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
The latter is a major distinction, as in a world gone crazy for cask influences, from port to sauternes, marsala is at the unusual end of the spectrum.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
Port and port-style wines fall under the broader umbrella of the dessert wine category that includes ice wine, sauternes and late harvest renditions of rieslings or zinfandels.
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2020
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2022
You may be offered a late-harvest riesling, sauternes, a moscato, a tawny port or a Canadian ice wine.
—Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
In addition, the company will release four different cask aged bottlings of Blender’s Cut this year, using casks from the production of Barbados rum, apricot brandy, French sauternes, and tawny port.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
The latter is a major distinction, as in a world gone crazy for cask influences, from port to sauternes, marsala is at the unusual end of the spectrum.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
Port and port-style wines fall under the broader umbrella of the dessert wine category that includes ice wine, sauternes and late harvest renditions of rieslings or zinfandels.
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2020
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“Sauternes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sauternes. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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