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Jack Pye | 23:33 Sun 25th Mar 2007 | Crosswords
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What grape variety makes classic sweet wines in Bordeaux ?
Is it SEMILLON??
  
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For once, I've reached for a book instead of Google to answer this.

From The Hamlyn Atlas of Wine - Alice King.

The Production of Sweet White wine

The grapes are left on the vines until they become shrivelled and infected by Botrytis Cinerea, a fungus known as " Noble Rot " .

A picture is then shown of Semillon grapes shrivelled and infected by Botrytis Cinerea.
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