Meal and wine pairing
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Viré-Clessé
Vins tranquilles blancs
Serve at: 11-13°C ou 52-55 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 5 years old.
This drink is paired well with 38 meals:?>
Meal families
Cheeses
Ardrahan
Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored.
Ripening : 4 weeks.
Cheeses
Beaufort
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Variety of Beaufort cheese produced from November 1 to May 31.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.
Sea fish
Blanquette of monkfish
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.
Sea fish
Blanquette of monkfish with saffron
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Poultry
Chicken with satay sauce
Satay sauce : sauce made with coconut cream and peanut butter, with garlic, lime, chili and spices (coriander, cumin and fennel).
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Comté vieux
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ain. Haute-Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Jura. Saône-et-Loire.Pressed and cooked cheese made from cow's milk.
Ripening : 15 months minimum.
Cheeses
Coolea Plain
Ireland. Cork.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a yellow waxed rind.
Ripening : 12 months.
Cheeses
Dorset
United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a orange-colored washed rind.
Cheeses
Frinault
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Orléans.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.
Appetizers
Gougères
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Specialty made from choux pastry and cheese (Gruyère).
Cheeses
Grayson
United States. Virginia.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow’s milk with a natural rind orange-colored.
Cheeses
Green Dirt Farm’s Ruby
United States. Minnesota.
Soft cheese made from pasteurized sheep's and cow's milk and a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 2 to 6 weeks.
Cheeses
Gubbeen
Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a white to orange washed rind.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Lobster risotto with saffron
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
Saffron sauce : butter, crème fraîche, shallot, and fish stock.