Meal and wine pairing
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Montagny Premier cru
Serve at: 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.
Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 10 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Shellfish and Seafood
Crayfish with white wine sauce
White wine sauce : sauce made with melted butter and shallots with a dry white wine.
Seafish
Salt-crusted sea bass
Salt crust : a cooking method in which food (vegetables, fish, or meat) is entirely covered with coarse salt to ensure even cooking.
Hot Starters
Vol-au-vent financiere
Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).
Financiere sauce : Demi-glace (a reduced sauce made from brown stock, usually veal and sometimes beef) enhanced with Madeira and truffle essence.