Meal and wine pairing
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Mercurey Rouge
Serve at: 14-16°C or 57-61 °F.
Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 8 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Cheeses
Ashbrook
United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind and crossed in the center by a thin line of ash from ash tree.
Ripening : 3 months.
Eggs
Aumale scrambled eggs
Scrambled eggs, mixed with butter or cream, with tomato puree and veal kidney diced and sautéed with Madeira.
Cheeses
Bleu de Gex
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Jura. Haut-Jura.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Cheeses
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.
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.
Beef
Braised beef
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Beef
Braised beef with carrots
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Offal and tripe
Braised veal sweetbreads
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Cheeses
Brie de Meaux
France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Meaux.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Cheeses
Cantal affiné
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.
Cheeses
Cantal jeune
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months maximum.
Sheep and Goats
Champvallon style Lamb chop
Champvallon : Baked between two layers of potatoes with poultry broth.
Sauces
Charcutiere sauce
Charcutière sauce : reduction of shallots, white wine and vinegar deglazed with demi-glace (a rich brown stock-based sauce), finished with mustard and julienned pickles.
Cheeses
Charolais
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Produced in Allier, Loire, Rhone and Saone-et-Loire.
Soft-ripened unpasteurized goat's milk cheese with a mouldy rind.
Cheeses
Checy
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret.
Soft-ripened cheese made from whole cow’s milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 3 weeks.
Main courses
Chinese hot pot
Stew made with ingredients placed in a pot and cooked at the table.
Dish with thin slices of meat, leafy vegetables, fish, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, seafood…
Cheeses
Comté
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ain. Haute-Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Jura. Saône-et-Loire.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.
Poultry
Duck dodine
Kind of meatloaf.
Boneless meat duck, rolled, stuffed, poached or braised, served with a red wine sauce mixed with mushrooms and thickened with meat glaze.
Hot Starters
Duck foie gras with black truffle in puff pastry
Duck foie gras with black truffle wrapped in puff pastry
For the dish based on meat.
Prefer a pairing according the side dish.