sauternes

Sauternes lies to the south of Bordeaux city and is made up of a number of different communes such as Barsac (which is its own appellation), Preignac, Bommes, Fargues and Sauternes itself.  All wine produced here is white and virtually all is sweet, influenced to varying degrees by botrytis cinerea, or noble rot.  Here the grapes used are Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and a little Muscadelle.  Yields are tiny compared to further north, with one glass of wine per vine not uncommon whereas one bottle per vine further north is more than common.

The most famous Sauternes wine of all, and one of the world's greatest, is Château d'Yquem.   Other famed wines are Châteaux Rieussec and Suduiraut.

Chateau D'arche 2009 Supply: Good Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 51.72	Chateau D'yquem 2009 Supply: Sold Out Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 1,509.20
Chateau De Fargues 2009 Supply: Good Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 255.52	Chateau De Malle 2009 Supply: Not yet released
Chateau Doisy Vedrines 2009 Supply: Not yet released	Chateau Filhot 2009 Supply: Good Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 48.62
Chateau Guiraud 2009 Supply: Low Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 94.07	Chateau La Tour Blanche 2009 Supply: Low Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 110.64
Chateau Lafaurie-peyraguey 2009 Supply: Good Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 85.71	Chateau Myrat 2009 Supply: Good Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 56.60
Chateau Rabaud Promis 2009 Supply: Sold Out Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 74.98	Chateau Raymond Lafon 2009 Supply: Good Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 68.29
Chateau Rayne Vigneau 2009 Supply: Good Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 81.66	Chateau Rieussec 2009 Supply: Low Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 155.22
Chateau Sigalas Rabaud 2009 Supply: Good Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 88.50	Chateau Suduiraut 2009 Supply: Sold Out Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 155.37
Test Enp 2009 Supply: On Request Regular Bottle (750ml): $ 20.00