sauternes

Definition of Sauternes in English :

1. sauterne, sauternes

semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sauternes

noun

(sometimes not capital)

a sweet white wine made in the southern Bordeaux district of France

noun

1.

a sweet white wine produced in SW France near the Bordeaux region

2. [often s-]

any of various white wines, of varying sweetness, produced elsewhere

: usually Sauˈterne (soʊˈtɜrn ; sōtʉrnˈ; soʊˈtɛrn ; sōternˈ; sɔˈtɛrn ; sôternˈ)

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.