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Meal and wine pairing

Juliénas

Serve at: 14-16°C ou 57-61 °F.

Pair with a wine of at least 2 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

This drink is paired well with 116 meals:?>

Meal families

Sauces

Americaine sauce

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

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Cooked meats

Amiens duck pâté

Pâté en croûte made with duck and pork, along with mushrooms or truffles, Cognac, shallots, egg, white bread, apples, spices, pepper, and salt, set in a jelly.

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Appetizers

Arancini al burro

Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones, 8 to 12 cm in diameter, filled with ham and mozzarella.
Served hot.

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Cheeses

Baratte

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Saône-et-Loire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with natural rind and a rye straw that runs through the middle of the cheese.

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Sauces

Béarnaise sauce

Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Beef dumplings with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Poultry

Beer chicken

Oven-baked chicken with a cream and beer sauce.

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Cheeses

Bent River

United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.
Ripening : 5 weeks.

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Cold starters

Black radish and herb butter

Herb butter : Softened butter with chopped herbs (chives, tarragon, and parsley), pepper, and salt.

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Beef

Boeuf à la mode

Meat slowly cooked in a pot over low heat with white wine, carrots, onion, and broth flavored with herbes de Provence.

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Cheeses

Bondard

France. Normandy. Neufchatel-en-Bray.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese enriched with cream and with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks to 2 months.

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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.

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Offal and tripe

Calf’s liver with persillade sauce

Persillade sauce : blend of chopped parsley and garlic mixed with breadcrumbs and/or olive oil and vinegar.

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Cheeses

Camembert

France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.

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Main meals

Carbonade flamande

Beef, horse or pork stew with onions cooked with beer.

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Cheeses

Chabichou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a bloomy rind.

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Cheeses

Chavroux

Fresh cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk.

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Cheeses

Checy

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.

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Poultry

Chicken with cream sauce

Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.

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Poultry

Chicken with tomato sauce

Tomato sauce : tomato paste or fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bay leaf, thyme, red, salt, sugar and pepper.

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Sauces

Choron sauce

Choron sauce : béarnaise sauce with tomato.

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