Meal and wine pairing
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Irouléguy Blanc
Serve at: 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 3 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Consommés, Broths and Soups
Ajoblanco
Spain. Andalusia.
Cold soup made from bread and almonds mixed with water or ice cubes, seasoned with garlic, olive oil, salt and sometimes vinegar. Served with grapes or melon.
Cheeses
Anabasque
United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk and washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Seafish
Angulas a la bilbaína
Basque Country.
Dish made with elvers, garlic, olive oil, and chili pepper.
Cheeses
Ardi-gasna
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk whose rind is rubbed with a purée made from Espelette peppers.
Ripening : 3 to 12 months.
Cheeses
Arpéa de brebis
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Soft-ripened cheese made from sheep's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.
Seafish
Bacalao al pil pil
Basque Country.
Dish with salt cod, garlic, olive oil and chili pepper (pil pil).
Seafish
Basquaise-style tuna
Basque-style : cooked tuna accompanied by onion, pepper and tomato.
Prefer a pairing with a young, fruity wine.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Basque cake with rhum-flavoured pastry cream
Basque Country.
Cake filled with almond or rum and vanilla pastry cream.
Main courses
Basque piperade
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Culinary specialty based on peppers, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes, served with eggs, meat, or fish.
Veal
Blanquette de veau with mushrooms
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Consommés, Broths and Soups
Garbure
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gascony.
Cabbage soup with vegetables (broad beans, potatoes, turnip, green peas, onion, garlic, carrot, celeriac, etc) and typically meat pieces, often confit (duck, pork, goose giblets, pork shank, cured ham, sausage, etc).
Cheeses
Le berger basque
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Béarn.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.
Cheeses
Manchego viejo
Spain. Castilla-La Mancha.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from sheep's milk wrapped in wax.
Ripening : 1 to 2 years.
Seafish
Monkfish with Romesco sauce
Romesco sauce : catalan specialty. Sauce made with a mixture of garlic, almonds, ñoras (dried red peppers), bread, tomatoes, along with oil, vinegar, and spices.
Cheeses
Ocooch Mountain
United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk with a natural rind and straw-colored crust.
Ripening : 3-4 months.
Prefer a regional pairing.