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sauterne

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Sau⋅terne

[soh-turn, saw-]
–noun (sometimes lowercase)
a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.

Origin:
see Sauternes
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Sau·ternes or sau·ternes   (sō-tûrn', sô-)   
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.


[French, after Sauternes, a village of southwest France.]
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