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Foolishly sneer at US wine (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sauternes

'wine' is the definition.
(Sauternes is an example)

'foolishly sneer at us' is the wordplay.
'foolishly' is an anagram indicator.
'sneer'+'at'+'us'='sneeratus'
'sneeratus' anagrammed gives 'SAUTERNES'.

(Other definitions for sauternes that I've seen before include "Sweet French wine" , "A sweet Bordeaux" , "Sweet white wine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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