Meal and wine pairing
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Saint-Georges Saint-Émilion
Serve at: 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.
Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Veal
Axoa
Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.
Beef
Beef axoa
Basque Country.
Specialty made with beef, onions, sautéed tomatoes, and seasoned with Espelette pepper.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Black truffle
Prefer a pairing with a wine between 5 and 10 years old.
Sauces
Black truffle sauce
Black truffle sauce : crème fraîche and veal stock to which diced black truffles and shallots are added.
Prefer a pairing with a wine between 5 and 10 years old.
Beef
Bordeaux style entrecote with porcini mushrooms
Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.
Pairing with a dominant Cabernet-sauvignon grape.
Main courses
Chicken raviole and consommé with black truffle
Ravioles : stuffed pasta, smaller and thinner than traditional ravioli.
Prefer a pairing with a developed wine.
Poultry
Chicken supreme with black truffle
Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Prefer a pairing with a developed wine.
Poultry
Confit duck leg and gratin dauphinois
Gratin dauphinois : dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.
Poultry
Confit duck leg with Sarlat style potatoes
Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.
Poultry
Duck breast and gratin dauphinois
Gratin dauphinois : dish based on scalloped potatoes, garlic and fresh cream.
Poultry
Duck breast with Sarlat style potatoes
Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.
Poultry
Duck confit with Sarlat style potatoes
Sarlat style potatoes : potatoes cooked in duck fat with garlic and parsley.
Poultry
Fattened chicken with black truffle
Prefer a pairing with a wine between 5 and 10 years old.
Poultry
Geline with black truffle
Geline : chicken from Touraine.
Prefer a pairing with a wine between 5 and 10 years old.
Prefer a regional pairing.