Sauternes (ville)
Sauternes can refer to: *Sauternes, Gironde, a town in the Bordeaux region of France *Sauternes (wine), an appellation for sweet Bordeaux wine produced around the town Sauternes *The ''SS Sauternes SS ''Sauternes'' was a steamship built in 1922. It was known as the ''Jólaskipið'' (the Christmas Ship) in the Faroe Islands. It sank in a storm in the firth Fugloyarfjørður within the Faroe Islands on 7 December 1941; all 25 passengers and c ...

Sauternes, Gironde
Sauternes (; oc, Sautèrnas) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-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. Population See also *Sauternes (wine) *Bordeaux wine regions *Communes of the Gironde department The following is a list of the 535 Communes of France, communes of the Gironde Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):

Sauternes (wine)
Sauternes is a French sweet wine from the region of the same name in the Graves section in Bordeaux. Sauternes wine is made from Sémillon, sauvignon blanc, and muscadelle grapes that have been affected by ''Botrytis cinerea'', also known as noble rot. This causes the grapes to become partially raisined, resulting in concentrated and distinctively flavored wines. Due to its climate, Sauternes is one of the few wine regions where infection with noble rot is a frequent occurrence. Even so, production is a hit-or-miss proposition, with widely varying harvests from vintage to vintage. Wines from Sauternes, especially the ''Premier Cru Supérieur'' estate Château d'Yquem, can be very expensive, largely due to the very high cost of production. Barsac lies within Sauternes and is entitled to use either name. Somewhat similar but less expensive and typically less-distinguished wines are produced in the neighboring regions of Monbazillac, Cérons, Loupiac and Cadillac. In the United ...
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