Sauternes

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The village of Sauternes |région=Aquitaine |département=Gironde |arrondissement=Langon |canton=Canton of Langon |insee=33504 |cp=33210 |maire=Jean-Michel Descamps |mandat=2001-2008 |intercomm= |longitude=00° 20' 29" W |latitude=44° 31' 58" N |alt moy=80 m |alt mini=13 m |alt maxi=89 m |hectares=1,132 |km²=11.32 |sans=586 |date-sans=1999 |dens=51 |date-dens=1999}}

Sauternes is a commune of the Gironde département in France. It is also a wine region within Bordeaux that produces one of the world's finest, longest-lasting white dessert wines, which is name after the commune ( sauternes), as well as some dry white wine.

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