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Sauvignon Bordeaux Sauternais vin moelleux

Origin

Bordeaux

Growing regions

France, Australia, Austria, New Zealand, United States, South Africa, Chile

Sauvignon blanc moelleux from the left bank — grown in the sweet wine appellations of the left bank (Sauternes, Barsac, Cérons, Loupiac, Sainte-Croix-du-Mont), on the gravel, clay and loam soils with the morning mist of the Ciron that favours botrytis — produces the most famous sweet wines in the world when blended …