Good Sauternes relies on a unique combination of foggy mornings, a certain amount of humidity and painstaking labor.
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Given that Sauternes is widely regarded as the world's greatest sweet-wine-producing region, the 2011s should be easy to sell.
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The great sweet wines of Sauternes and Barsac were allotted two ranking classes, but all of the wines of Pomerol and St.
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And ingenuity and manipulation are at the root of many of our favorite wines: Think of Champagne and Port and Amarone and Sauternes.
In Hungary, one of my favorite areas is Tokaji, which, like Sauternes, manages to pull off that trick of scintillating acidity and sweetness.
One hears stories of cellars filled with unsold stock, while Sauternes producers lament that their creations are often referred to as "dessert" wines.
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Wakefield College, as part of the Wakefield Festival of Rhubarb, has devised a dinner comprising such delicacies as rhubarb and Sauternes sorbet, and pheasant with rhubarb compote.
Which leaves the Sauternes producers praying for a change in fashion, back to a time, more than a century ago, when their wine was among the most sought-after in the world.
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There was a lot else to like about the vintage, too, including the fact that it floated many small boats, quality-wise, in lesser-known subregions, and produced a wonderful crop of sweet white Sauternes and Barsacs.
Of course, producers could switch to making dry white wine or even red, but by an accident of geography and climate, Sauternes is one of the few areas in which conditions are more or less perfect for the production of that distinctive rich, nutty sweetness.
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