Meal and wine pairing
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Bergerac Rouge
Serve at: 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.
Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 7 to 10 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Sheep and Goats
Abbacchio cacciatore
Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.
Main courses
Ajapsandali
Georgia.
Dish featuring garlic, eggplant, bell pepper, tomato, and coriander.
Main courses
Aligot and grilled sausage
Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.
Main courses
Aligot and grilled Toulouse sausage
Aligot : mashed potatoes blended with butter, cream, and fresh Tome cheese from Aubrac, enriched with finely chopped or crushed garlic.
Cured Meats
Andouille de Vire with cider sauce
Andouille : pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Cider sauce : cider, butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and white wine.
Served hot.
Cured Meats
Andouille sausage
Pork sausage crafted from the complete pork belly, including both the stomach and intestines.
Served cold as first course.
Sauces
Béarnaise sauce
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.
Beef
Beef tournedos with béarnaise sauce
Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.
Cheeses
Bent River
United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.
Ripening : 5 weeks.
Seafish
Bordeaux style lamprey
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Fish cooked in a red wine sauce mixed with its blood and served with garlic croutons.
Prefer a pairing with a fruity wine with soft tannins.
Veal
Braised cushion of veal
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Beef
Braised rib steak
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached. Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Cheeses
Brie
France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Brie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Cheeses
Brie de Meaux
France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Meaux.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Cheeses
Brie de Nangis
France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Brie.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Cheeses
Brie fermier
France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Brie.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Cheeses
Camembert
France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.
Prefer a pairing with a light wine low in tannins.
Cheeses
Camembert au calvados
Camembert soaked for several hours in Calvados and then covered in breadcrumbs.
Cheeses
Cantal affiné
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.
Cheeses
Cantal jeune
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months maximum.
Prefer a pairing with a light wine low in tannins.