noun
- a rich, sweet white table wine of France.
- the district near Bordeaux producing this wine.
noun (sometimes lowercase)
- a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
noun
- (sometimes not capital) a sweet white wine made in the southern Bordeaux district of France
n.also Sauternes, name for certain white wines, 1711, from Sauterne, district near Bordeaux where it is made.