Barsac

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AOC area in the French Sauternes region; see there.

The appellation named after the municipality with around 1,700 hectares of vineyards forms an island in the large Graves area in southern Bordeaux. It consists of the five communes of Bommes, Fargues-de-Langon, Preignac and Sauternes, as well as the right to its own appellation Barsac with 600 hectares. All Barsac wines may also use the name Sauternes or Sauternes-Barsac, but this does not apply vice versa. For centuries, mainly sweet white wines have been produced here from botrytised grapes. The later US President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), who was bOTSCHAFTER in Paris from 1785 to 1789 and visited many French wine-growing regions, described Sauternes as the best white wine in the country after Champagne and Hermitage. His ranking was also used as one of the criteria for the 1855 Sauternes classification (see below).

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Appellation

The highly calcareous soil provides excellent conditions for white wines; red wines are less important. The appellation only applies to noble sweet white wines. Dry white wines may only use the AOC Bordeaux, red wines only the AOC Bordeaux or Bordeaux Supérieur. The appellation regulations for sweet white wines require an alcohol content of at least 13% by volume and proof of the required degree of sweetness through a sensory taste test. The yield limit is 25 hectolitres per hectare.

Grape varieties

The most common and most important white wine variety is Sémillon, which occupies around 80% of the total...

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