Sémillon
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Dry · White
Thin-skinned and susceptible to botrytis, making it the foundation of Sauternes. As a dry wine, ages remarkably in the Hunter Valley, developing waxy, toasty complexity from zero oak.
Globalplantings
17k
hectares · 2023
Topcountry
France
61% of global total
Countriesgrown
20
across 5 continents
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