Meal and wine pairing
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Banyuls Ambré rancio
Serve at: 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 20 years old and more.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Cheeses
Appenzeller Extra
Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 months.
Black label.
Cheeses
Berkswell
United Kingdom. West Midlands.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 6 to 12 months.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Caramel bavarian cream
Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Caramel charlotte
Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Caramel merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Caramel mille-feuille
Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Caramel pavlova
Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.
Cheeses
Cheddar
United Kingdom (Cheddar, Somerset).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
The packaging usually specifies the intensity of the cheese (mild, medium, strong, extra-strong, , etc) and sometimes the maturation (young, matured, old, vintage, , etc).
Ripening : 3 to 24 months.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Chocolate marquise with caramel sauce
Marquise : dessert or frozen dessert made with chocolate mousse (white, milk or dark chocolate).
Serve with the most mature cheeses.