Meal and wine pairing
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Tursan Blanc
Serve at: 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 4 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Seafish
Angulas a la bilbaína
Basque Country.
Dish made with elvers, garlic, olive oil, and chili pepper.
Main courses
Basque piperade
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Culinary specialty based on peppers, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes, served with eggs, meat, or fish.
Shellfish and Seafood
Clam and green sauce
Green sauce : Green sauce : Mayonnaise mixed with a puree of chervil, watercress, spinach, and parsley.
Shellfish and Seafood
Eclade
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime.
Mussels cooked over a pine needle fire.
Generally eaten with bread and butter.
Consommés, Broths and Soups
Garbure
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gascony.
Cabbage soup with vegetables (broad beans, potatoes, turnip, green peas, onion, garlic, carrot, celeriac, etc) and typically meat pieces, often confit (duck, pork, goose giblets, pork shank, cured ham, sausage, etc).
Freshwater fish
Pike-perch with beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Sauces
Red pepper sauce
Red pepper sauce : sauce made with crème fraîche, olive oil, onion, and red bell pepper.
Cheeses
Rocamadour
France. Occitania. Lot. Tarn-et-Garonne. (Quercy).
Soft-ripened goat cheese made from whole raw milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 days minimum.
Shellfish and Seafood
Tellines mariniere with herbs
France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Bouches-du-Rhône. Gard. (Camargue)
Tellines : small mollusks with a long flat shell.
Mariniere sauce : reduction of white wine and fish stock (or cooking juice of mussels) with shallots (or onion) lightly bound with butter.