Meal and wine pairing
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Chinon Blanc
Vins tranquilles blancs
Serve at: 10-12°C ou 50-54 °F.
Pair with a wine of at least 1 year old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 7 years old.
This drink is paired well with 56 meals:?>
Meal families
Cheeses
Ash covered goat cheese
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
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Ash ripened goat cheese log
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
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Bouyguette
France. Occitania. Tarn.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk garnished with a sprig of rosemary.
Shellfish and Seafood
Braised scallops
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
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Casse-museau
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
Goat cheese log baked with butter and flour.
Served warm, not hot.
Cheeses
Coach farm triple cream goat cheese
United States. New York.
Triple-cream soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 4 weeks.
Cheeses
Coolea Plain
Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a yellow waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.
Cheeses
Crü di capra
Italy. Lombardy.
Pressed, uncooked pasteurized goat's milk cheese.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.
Warm starters
Ficelle picarde
France. Hauts-de-France. Aisne. Oise. Somme. (Picardy).
Crêpe filled with a preparation of mushrooms, crème fraîche, York ham with shallot, nutmeg, onion and topped with grated Emmental cheese.
Cheeses
Garrotxa
Spain. Catalonia. Tarragona.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a bloomy rind of gray or blue-gray color.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.
Cheeses
Humboldt Fog
United States. California.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind coated in edible vegetable ash and a thin line of ash in the center.
Ripening : 2 months.
Cheeses
Idyll gris
United States. Michigan.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
Ripening : 12 to 21 days.
Cheeses
Lake’s Edge
United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a bloomy rind and crossed in the center by a thin line of vegetable ash.
Ripening : 3 weeks.