A development of this matching of contrasts is a rich savoury dish like the foie gras that is a traditional partner to Sauternes.

The grape is also a component of the famous dessert wines from Sauternes and Barsac.

In France, Sauvignon Blanc is grown in the maritime climate of Bordeaux ( especially in Entre-Deux-Mers, Graves and Pessac-Leognan as a dry wine, and in Sauternes as a sweet wine ) as well as the continental climate of the Loire Valley ( as Pouilly Fumé, Sancerre, and Sauvignon de Touraine ).

In the Sauternes region, the grape is blended with Sémillon to make the late harvest wine, Sauternes.

A traditional practice often employed in Sauternes is to plant one Sauvignon Blanc vine at regular intervals among rows of Semillon.

Sauvignon Blanc is also known under the synonyms Beyaz Sauvignon, Blanc Doux, Blanc Fume, Bordeaux Bianco, Douce Blanche, Feher Sauvignon, Feigentraube, Fie, Fie dans le Neuvillois, Fume, Fume Blanc, Fume Surin, Genetin, Gennetin, Gentin a Romorantin, Gros Sauvignon, Libournais, Melkii Sotern, Muskat Silvaner, Muskat Sylvaner, Muskatani Silvanec, Muskatni Silvanec, Muskatsilvaner, Painechon, Pellegrina, Petit Sauvignon, Picabon, Piccabon, Pinot Mestny Bely, Pissotta, Puinechou, Punechon, Punechou, Quinechon, Rouchelin, Sampelgrina, Sarvonien, Sauternes, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Bianco, Sauvignon Bijeli, Sauvignon Blanco, Sauvignon Fume, Sauvignon Gros, Sauvignon Jaune, Sauvignon Jeune, Sauvignon Petit, Sauvignon Vert, Sauvignon White, Savagnin, Savagnin Blanc, Savagnin Musque, Savagnou, Savignon, Servanien, Servonien, Servoyen, Souternes, Sovinak, Sovinjon, Sovinjon Beli, Sovinon, Spergolina, Surin, Sylvaner Musque, Uva Pelegrina, Weisser Sauvignon, and Zöld Ortlibi.

Sauternes is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

It is also a wine region within the Graves portion of Bordeaux that produces sweet white dessert wines, named " Sauternes " after the commune, as well as some dry white wine.

Those who support aging claim that ice wine's very high sugar level ( which is often much higher than that of Sauternes ) and high acidity preserve the content for many years after bottling.

Internationally renowned botrytised wines include the aszú of Tokaj-Hegyalja in Hungary and Slovakia ( commonly called Tokaji, Tokajské or Tokay ), Sauternes from France-where the process is known as pourriture or pourriture noble, and Beerenauslese or Trockenbeerenauslese wines from Germany and Austria.

Château d ' Yquem () is a Premier Cru Supérieur ( Fr: " Great First Growth ") wine from the Sauternes, Gironde region in the southern part of the Bordeaux vineyards known as Graves.

The grape is also key to the production of sweet wines such as Sauternes.

However, when used to make the sweet white wines of Bordeaux ( such as those from Sauternes, Barsac and Cérons ) it is often the dominant variety.

However, many of the world's great wines, such as those from Sauternes ( including Barsac ) or Tokaj, have a high level of residual sugar, which is carefully balanced with additional acidity to produce a harmonious result.

The town and its vineyards are separated from the area of Sauternes to the south by the Ciron river, whose cooling effect is of key importance in encouraging the annual action of the Botrytis fungus on the Sémillon grapes.

The area is however permitted to use the Sauternes appellation.

All the sweet wines of the 1855 classification were from Sauternes, which is a part of Graves.

A well-known sweet white dessert wine is made in the commune of Sauternes, which is located in the southeast corner of the Graves region.

Sauternes is an appellation of Graves known for its intensely sweet, white, dessert wines such as the Premier Cru Supérieur classified Château d ' Yquem.

Cérons AOC is an appellation for sweet white wines of similar style as Sauternes, but with no producers as noted as the classified Sauternes properties and therefore with lower prices.

Belonging to the Sauternes appellation in Gironde, in the region of Graves, the winery is located in the commune of Bommes.

While the grapes are harvested late, they are never botrytized, unlike other well known late harvest French wines such as Sauternes.

In addition to general cargo for the British garrison in the Faroes, Sauternes was also carrying 22, 500 Danish kroner minted in the United Kingdom for use by the Faroese, since Denmark had been occupied by the Germans and was not sending any coin.

In the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, Château d ' Yquem was the only Sauternes given this rating, indicating its perceived superiority and higher prices over all other wines of its type.

* Sauterne-White or pink, dry or sweet, named after Sauternes but deliberately misspelt.

The second, noble rot, occurs when drier conditions follow wetter, and can result in distinctive sweet dessert wines, such as Sauternes or the Aszú of Tokaji.

The white wines, then of much less importance than red wine, were limited to the sweet varieties of Sauternes and Barsac and were ranked only from first great growth to second growth.

Four styles of Sémillon-based wines made there: a commercial style, often blended with Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc ; a sweet style, after that of Sauternes ; a complex, minerally, early picked style which has great longevity ; and an equally high quality, dry style, which can be released soon after vintage, as a vat or bottle aged example.

A half bottle of Sauternes from Château d ' Yquem, which produces one of the world's most famous and expensive sweet wines.

89 % of wine produced in Bordeaux is red ( called " claret " in Britain ), with sweet white wines ( most notably Sauternes ), dry whites, and also ( in much smaller quantities ) rosé and sparkling wines ( Crémant de Bordeaux ) collectively making up the remainder.

White Bordeaux is predominantly, and exclusively in the case of the sweet Sauternes, made from Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle-Typical blends are usually 80 % Sémillon, 20 % Sauvignon Blanc.

The best-known of these appellations is Sauternes, which also has an official classification, and where some of the world's most famous sweet wines are produced.

At the same time, the sweet white wines of Sauternes and Barsac were classified into three categories, with only Château d ' Yquem being classified as a superior first growth.

In France, it is a minor constituent in the dry and sweet wines of Bordeaux, such as Sauternes.

Some of the most famous dessert wines, such as Château d ' Yquem of Sauternes and Tokaji Aszú of Tokaj-Hegyalja in Hungary, are made from mouldy grapes, but not just any mould-Botrytis cinerea sucks water out of the grape whilst imparting new flavours of honey and apricot to the future wine.

Unlike the grapes from which other dessert wines are made, such as Sauternes, Tokaji, or Trockenbeerenauslese, ice wine grapes should not be affected by Botrytis cinerea or noble rot, at least not to any great degree.

Wines can be bone dry ( with the sugars fully fermented into alcohol ), off-dry ( with a hint of sweetness ), semi-dry ( medium-sweet ) and dessert level sweetness ( such as the high sugar content in Sauternes and Tokays ).

Wine has been made in this region since as early as 1650, before the botrytized wines of Sauternes and the Rheingau were produced.

In the original classification, 9 wines ( primarily from the Sauternes and Barsac regions ) were classed as Premier Cru, while 11 were assigned the lower ( though still prestigious ) rank of Deuxième Cru ( Second Growth ).

In comparison to Sauternes, the wines are considerably sweeter, have a lower alcoholic strength and are usually not oaked.

Sauternes, such as Château d ' Yquem, are produced in the Sauternes region ( including Barsac ) south of Bordeaux.

Wines produced in the commune of Barsac, such as Premiers Crus Château Climens and Château Coutet, are allowed to be labeled either with the commune name ( as Barsac AOC ) or with Sauternes.