Meal and wine pairing
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Beaune Premier cru Rouge
Serve at: 15-16°C or 59-61 °F.
Can be drunk from : 5 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 20 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Duck pithivier
Puff pastry pie filled with duck confit, duck foie gras, mushrooms, onions, and a touch of whisky.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 7 years old.
Furred game
Hare à la royale
A la royale : slow-cooked with red wine and Cognac and completely deboned.
Cured Meats
Oreiller de la Belle Aurore
Terrine of different meats baked in the oven, coated in gelatin, in a pastry crust.
Served cold.
Poultry
Roasted duckling with Rouen sauce
Duckling : young duck.
Rouen sauce : cider or full-bodied red wine reduced with shallots sweated in butter, combined with brown veal stock, parsley, salt, and pepper, and thickened with a purée of chicken liver.
Cheeses
Saint-Marcellin
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Drôme. Isère. Savoie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 7 years old.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 7 years old.