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Sémillon Bordeaux Rive droite vin blanc tranquille

Origin

Bordeaux

Growing regions

Australia, France, South Africa, Argentina

Sémillon liquoreux from Sauternes — the dominant variety of the great Bordeaux sweet wines (Sauternes, Barsac, Cérons, Loupiac), on the gravel, clay and loam soils with the morning mist of the Ciron that favours Botrytis cinerea — produces the world’s most famous sweet and luscious wines.