Meal and wine pairing
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Vin de Savoie Pétillant rosé
Serve at: 06-08°C or 43-46 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 1 year old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Cheeses
Abondance
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Abondance.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 100 days minimum.
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Arancini
Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones, 8 to 12 cm in diameter, typically filled with ragù, peas, and cheese, or with ham cubes and mozzarella.
Served hot.
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Breadsticks
Breadsticks : small, dry, and elongated breadsticks served as an appetizer.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Red berry trifle
Trifle : dessert made with fruit and sponge cake soaked in fruit juice (or alcohol), sometimes layered with jam, custard, and whipped cream.
Cheeses
Tarentaise cheese
United States. Vermont.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste and washed rind.
Ripening : 9 months minimum.
Cheeses
Tome des Bauges
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie. Bauges Mountains.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Cold starters
Zakuski
Russia.
Various appetizers served with the aperitif (caviar, cold cuts, smoked or marinated fish, malossol pickles, salads…).
Prefer a pairing according the side dish.