Meal and wine pairing
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Santenay Blanc
Serve at: 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.
Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 8 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Freshwater fish
Artic char with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Sauces
Beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Veal
Blanquette de veau
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Poultry
Blanquette of chicken
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Poultry
Blanquette of turkey with almonds
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Miscellaneous
Burgundy snails in cassolette
Cassolette : individual container for presenting a dish.
Snails with parsley butter (butter, garlic, and parsley mixed).
Poultry
Casseroled chicken bonne femme
Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.
Poultry
Chicken bonne femme
Bonne femme sauce : butter, button mushrooms, cream, shallot, parsley and white wine.
Poultry
Chicken cutlets Pozharsky
Pojarski : meatball with breadcrumbs, cream, and eggs, pan-fried until golden.
Poultry
Chicken fricassee with cream sauce
Fricassée : stews of shellfish, vegetables, fish, pork or poultry in a white sauce.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Poultry
Chicken supreme with cream sauce
Poultry supreme : all the white meat from the breast and wings of poultry.
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Poultry
Chicken Vallée d’Auge style
Calvados sauce (Sauce Vallée d'Auge) : cooking juices deglazed with fresh cream and a dash of Calvados.
Poultry
Chicken with morel and cream sauce
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.
Seafish
Cod with cream sauce
Cream sauce : béchamel sauce with cream.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 3 years old.
Cheeses
Crottin de Chavignol
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Sancerre.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.
Poultry
Fattened chicken en demi-deuil
Demi-deuil : slices of truffle inserted between skin and flesh to infuse the aroma.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 3 years old.