Meal and wine pairing
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Mâcon Blanc
Serve at: 10-12°C or 50-54 °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
Cheeses
Acapella
United States. California.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
Cheeses
Ada’s Honor
United States. Maine.
Soft-ripened cheese made from goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Shellfish and Seafood
Aguachile
Mexico.
Raw shrimp marinated in a salted brine with cucumber, lemon juice, onion, pepper, and chili peppers (chiltepin).
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Anchovy breadsticks
Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.
Cured Meats
Andouillette with mustard sauce
Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.
Served hot.
Cured Meats
Andouillette with pommes Pont-Neuf potatoes
Andouillette cooked with white wine and deglazed with cream.
Pont-Neuf potatoes : rectangular potatoes cut like big french fries and fried in oil twice.
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
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.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Artichokes and hollandaise sauce
Hollandaise sauce : shallot reduction with vinegar, mixed with egg yolks and melted butter.
Cheeses
Ash covered goat cheese
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
Cheeses
Ash ripened goat cheese log
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
Eggs
Aumale scrambled eggs
Scrambled eggs, mixed with butter or cream, with tomato puree and veal kidney diced and sautéed with Madeira.
Salads
Autumn salad
Mixed salad with seasonal vegetables : beetroot, mushroom, cabbage, lettuce, walnut, potato, dried fruits…
Seafish
Baked sea bream with Bercy sauce
Bercy sauce : Reduction of chopped shallots with peppercorns mixed with white wine with meat glaze and whipped with butter.
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.
Seafish
Basquaise-style tuna
Basque-style : cooked tuna accompanied by onion, pepper and tomato.
Prefer a pairing with a young, fruity wine.
Cheeses
Beaufort
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Variety of Beaufort cheese produced from November 1 to May 31.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.
Cheeses
Beaufort chalet d’alpage
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Type of Beaufort d’été cheese produced from June 1st to October 31st at 1500 meters above sea level and with the milk of a single flock.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.
Prefer a regional pairing.