Meal and wine pairing
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Bas Armagnac
Serve at: 18-24°C or 64-75 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 30 years old and more.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Apple tart and vanilla ice cream
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
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Bitter chocolate mousse with Armagnac
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
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Caramelized apple tart with vanilla ice cream
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
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.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Chocolate truffles
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Cheeses
Clothbound Cheddar
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 7 months minimum.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Cheeses
Dubliner vintage
Ireland. Cork.
Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with cooked pressed paste and natural rind.
Ripening : over 24 months.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Far breton with prunes
Far : traditional custard cake from Brittany made from butter, flour, milk and sugar with a denser consistency than a flan.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Cheeses
Hafod
United Kingdom. Wales.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from cow's milk with a natural rind ripened in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 10 to 18 months.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Cheeses
Pavé du Nord demi-vieux
France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Hard pasteurized cow's milk cheese annatto colored with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Petit four glacé
Glazed : spreading a shiny, often sweet, substance over food before finishing the cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
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Plum meringue tart
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
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Plum pavlova
Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
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Plum turnover
Turnover : pastry made with puff pastry filled with fruit compote.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
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Roasted pineapple with caramel and vanilla ice cream
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Cold starters
Smoked salmon and shrimp aspic
Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Tarte Tatin with vanilla ice cream
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Cheeses
Vintage clothbound Cheddar
United Kingdom. Devon.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk cheese coated in butter or lard and wrapped in an additional layer of cloth.
Ripening : 24 months.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.
Once you open the bottle, consume it within 12 months.