sauterne

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

A deliberate misspelling by American vintners of the name of the famed French wine region Sauternes and the wines they produce.

With him Sauterne was to Medoc what Catullus was to Homer. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
She had a bottle of Sauterne in one hand and a letter in the other. — The Great Gatsby, F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald
He had ordered the lunch with intense consideration; the wine was a very special Sauterne, the whole appointments of the meal perfect, the coffee served on the veranda super-excellent. — The Forsyte Saga - Complete, John Galsworthy

Sauternes

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