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Food and wine pairing

Maury Grenat

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Maury Grenat

Mistelle(s), fortified wine(s)

Serve at 14-16°C or 57-61 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 8 years old.

This drink pairs well with 88 dishes:

Cheeses

Big woods blue

Big woods blue
United States. Minnesota.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 months.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 2 years old.
Serve with the most mature cheeses.
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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Black forest cake

Black forest cake
Germany.
Traditional German cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) made of several layers of cocoa sponge cake, flavored with kirsch, filled with cherries in syrup and whipped cream, all covered with whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
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Cheeses

Bleu d'Auvergne

Bleu d'Auvergne
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Aveyron. Haute-Loire. Puy-de-Dôme. France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Corrèze. France. Occitania. Lot, Lozère.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
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Cheeses

Blue cheese

Blue cheese
Cheese made from sheep’s, goat’s, and/or cow’s milk, containing internal mold with colors ranging from blue to grey-green.
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Cheeses

Bohemian blue

Bohemian blue
United States. Wisconsin.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 6 months.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 2 years old.
Serve with the most mature cheeses.
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Cheeses

Bresse bleu

Bresse bleu
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Bresse.
Soft-ripened blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
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Cheeses

Cabrales

Cabrales
Spain. Asturias.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk or a blend of two or three types of milk (cow, sheep, and goat), with a blue-green veined paste.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 2 years old.
Serve with the most mature cheeses.
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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cherry merveilleux

Cherry merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Cherry mille-feuille

Cherry mille-feuille
Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.
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