Meal and wine pairing

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Vouvray Mousseux Brut

Vins effervescents blancs

Serve at: 06-09°C ou 43-48 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 5 years old.

This drink is paired well with 19 meals:?>

Meal families

Cooked meats

Goat cheese gougères

Gougères stuffed with goat cheese.

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Cheeses

Gubbeen Extra Mature

Ireland. Cork.
Oak smoked soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind then wrapped in black wax.
Ripening : 2 months.

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Others

Hamburger

Dish originating from Germany.
Sandwich made with two buns filled with ground beef, fresh vegetables, lettuce, condiments (pickles, onion) and sauce.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Limpets

Aquatic snail with a shell broadly conical in shape.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Oysters with shallots and vinegar

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Pasta carbonara

Carbonara : pasta dish with eggs, cheese (pecorino romano or parmigiano reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and sometimes cream.

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Cheeses

Pont-l’Evêque

France. Normandy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a white to orange washed rind and square shape.

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Appetizers

Tempura : frying batter made with flour, egg and ice water, in which all sorts of vegetables cut into slices or matchsticks, seafood or fish are dipped before frying in sesame oil.
Generally, tempura is dipped in a sauce (dashi, mirin, and soy sauce, flavored with condiments like grated ginger and daikon radish) and served with noodles or rice.

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Cheeses

Soumaintrain

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind, light yellow to ochre in color.
Ripening : 3 to 8 weeks.

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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti carbonara

Italy. Lazio.
Carbonara : pasta dish with eggs, cheese (pecorino romano or parmigiano reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and sometimes cream.

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Sea fish