Meal and wine pairing
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Spiny lobster à l’américaine
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
This dish pairs well with 11 drinks :
Drinks and wines types
Alsace Grand cru Riesling
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.
Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 15 years old.
Chablis Grand cru
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.
Can be drunk from : 5 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 15 years old and more.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.
Can be drunk from : 4 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 7 to 12 years old.
Condrieu sec
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 5 years old.
Corton Grand cru Blanc
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.
Can be drunk from : 7 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 15 to 30 years old and more.
Graves Blanc
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 09-11°C or 48-52 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 5 years old.
Pairing with a dominant Sémillon grape.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 5 years old.
Hermitage Blanc
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.
Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 8 to 12 years old.
Ladoix Blanc
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 4 years old.
Montlouis sur Loire sec
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.
Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 15 years old.
Tavel
Still rosé wine(s)
Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 6 years old.
Vouvray sec
Still white wine(s)
Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.
Can be drunk from : 3 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 15 years old.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with residual sugar and a certain acidity.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 7 years old.