Meal and wine pairing
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Lobster Thermidor
Lobster meat combined with a béchamel sauce and Cognac, shallots, fish stock, and mustard, then served in its shell and often gratinated.
This dish pairs well with 29 drinks :
Drinks and wines types
Alsace Gewurztraminer Vendanges tardives
Sweet and Medium-sweet white wines
Serve at 08-10°C ou 46-50 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 3 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 20 years old and more.
Alsace Grand cru Riesling
Still white wines
Serve at 08-10°C ou 46-50 °F.
Pair with a wine over 2 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 15 years old.
Alsace Riesling
Still white wines
Serve at 08-10°C ou 46-50 °F.
Pair with a wine over 1 year old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.
Alsace Riesling Vendanges tardives
Sweet and Medium-sweet white wines
Serve at 08-10°C ou 46-50 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 3 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 20 years old.
Alsace Sylvaner
Still white wines
Serve at 08-10°C ou 46-50 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 3 years old.
Arbois Savagnin
Still white wines
Serve at 13-16°C ou 55-61 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 4 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 20 to 30 years old.
Beaune Blanc
Still white wines
Serve at 12-14°C ou 54-57 °F.
Pair with a wine of 2 to 4 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 7 years old.
Chablis
Still white wines
Serve at 10-12°C ou 50-54 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 2 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 7 years old.
Champagne Blanc Brut
White sparkling wines
Serve at 06-08°C ou 43-46 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 1 to 2 years old.
Chassagne-Montrachet Blanc
Still white wines
Serve at 10-12°C ou 50-54 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 3 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 6 years old.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
Still white wines
Serve at 10-12°C ou 50-54 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 4 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 7 to 12 years old.
Condrieu Sec
Still white wines
Serve at 10-12°C ou 50-54 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 5 years old.
Crozes-Hermitage Blanc
Still white wines
Serve at 12-14°C ou 54-57 °F.
Pair with a wine over 1 year old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 6 years old.
Graves Blanc
Still white wines
Serve at 09-11°C ou 48-52 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 5 years old.
Hermitage Blanc
Still white wines
Serve at 12-14°C ou 54-57 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 2 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 8 to 12 years old.
Languedoc Blanc
Still white wines
Serve at 10-12°C ou 50-54 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 5 years old.
Mâcon Villages
Still white wines
Serve at 10-12°C ou 50-54 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 3 years old.
Meursault Blanc
Still white wines
Serve at 12-14°C ou 54-57 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 4 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 7 to 12 years old.
Muscadet
Still white wines
Serve at 09-11°C ou 48-52 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 4 years old.
Pessac-Léognan Blanc
Still white wines
Serve at 08-10°C ou 46-50 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 2 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old and more for a classed growth.
Pouilly-Fuissé
Still white wines
Serve at 10-12°C ou 50-54 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 2 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.
Pouilly-Fumé
Still white wines
Serve at 11-13°C ou 52-55 °F.
May be called Blanc Fumé de Pouilly.
Pair with a wine of at least 1 year old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 8 years old.
Puligny-Montrachet Blanc
Still white wines
Serve at 12-14°C ou 54-57 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 1 year old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 8 years old.
Pair with a wine of at least 3 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.