Meal and wine pairing
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Vougeot Rouge
Serve at: 14-16°C or 57-61 °F.
Can be drunk from : 3 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Beef
Beef bourguignon
Slow-cooked beef in red wine in a covered pot, with mushrooms, pearl onions, and bacon.
Served with boiled potatoes or pasta.
Cheeses
Bent River
United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.
Ripening : 5 weeks.
Seafish
Bordeaux style lamprey
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde.
Fish cooked in a red wine sauce mixed with its blood and served with garlic croutons.
Prefer a pairing with a fruity wine with soft tannins.
Hot Starters
Bouchée à la reine
France. Grand Est. Meurthe-et-Moselle. Meuse. Moselle. Vosges.
Individual puff pastry filled with a savory mixture cut into small cubes or slices (poultry, sweetbreads, ham, mushrooms) and bound together with a thick sauce (béchamel sauce, financière sauce, suprême sauce).
Prefer a pairing with the sauce or the garnish.
Veal
Braised cushion of veal
Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.
Cheeses
Brie de Melun
France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Melun.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Cheeses
Camembert
France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.
Prefer a pairing with a light wine low in tannins.
Cheeses
Camembert au calvados
Camembert soaked for several hours in Calvados and then covered in breadcrumbs.
Poultry
Duck dodine
Kind of meatloaf.
Boneless meat duck, rolled, stuffed, poached or braised, served with a red wine sauce mixed with mushrooms and thickened with meat glaze.
Beef
Hachis parmentier
Mashed potato combined with diced meat. French equivalent of cottage or shepherd's pie.
Furred game
Haunch of venison with huntsman sauce
Haunch : leg.
Huntsman sauce : poivrade sauce thickened with cream, blood, and redcurrant jelly.
Cheeses
Langres
France. Grand Est. Haute-Marne. Vosges. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte-d'Or.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 15 to 18 days.
Cheeses
Livarot
France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored and square shape.
Pork
Parsley ham
Ham sliced into cubes, cooked in a Burgundy white wine broth with mustard and wine vinegar, enveloped in a parsley gelée and flavored (with onion, shallot, thyme, bay leaf, garlic, etc).
Beef
Pastel de papa
Argentina.
A dish consisting of a layer of seasoned ground beef (onion, bell pepper, tomato) covered with a layer of mashed potatoes and the whole is usually topped with grated cheese and baked until golden.
Prefer a pairing with a light wine low in tannins.