Meal and wine pairing
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Saint-Aubin Rouge
Serve at: 14-16°C or 57-61 °F.
Can be drunk from : 3 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 6 to 10 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Sauces
Béarnaise sauce
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.
Beef
Beef tournedos with béarnaise sauce
Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.
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.
Beef
Chateaubriand
Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut.
Beef
Chateaubriand Vert-pré
Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut..
Vert-pré : maitre d'hotel butter accompanied by watercress.
Cured Meats
Country style terrine
Pâté made with coarsely chopped ingredients such as pork, flavored with herbs and spices, and cooked in a terracotta dish.
Served cold or at room temperature.
Main courses
Fondue bourguignonne
Dish of beef fried in oil, served with various sauces (ketchup, mayonnaise, béarnaise sauce, tartar sauce, Worcestershire sauce, etc.).
Beef
Grilled beef tournedos
Tournedos : a thick slice cut from the tenderloin (about one to two centimeters).
Beef
Grilled Chateaubriand
Chateaubriand : cut of meat in the tenderloin filet with a thickness of 4 to 8 cm cut.
Sheep and Goats
Grilled lamb noisette
Noisette : round-shaped piece of meat taken from the leg, loin, or rack.
Pork
Grilled pig’s trotter with béarnaise sauce
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.
Beef
Grilled rib steak and grenailles potatoes
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Grenailles : small potatoes (diameter between 18 and 35 millimeters).
Beef
Grilled rib steak with spring vegetables
Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.
Sheep and Goats
Leg of lamb whith thyme
Leg of lamb : cut of meat consisting of the saddle and the leg
One thigh is called Chump.