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Bordeaux style grilled entrecote

Bordelaise sauce : a red wine reduction infused with bone marrow, shallots, tarragon or thyme, butter, and flour.

Synonyms: Grilled delmonico steak with bordelaise sauce / Grilled delmonico steak with wine merchant's sauce / Grilled entrecote with wine merchant's sauce / Grilled rib eye steak with bordelaise sauce / Grilled rib eye steak with wine merchant's sauce / Grilled scotch fillet with bordelaise sauce / Grilled scotch fillet with wine merchant's sauce

This dish pairs well with 24 drinks :

Drinks and wines types

Bordeaux Rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 5 years old.

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Bordeaux supérieur Rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 5 years old.

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Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 14-16°C or 57-61 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

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Canon-Fronsac

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

Pairing with a dominant Cabernet-sauvignon grape.

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Corbières Rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 6 years old.

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Cornas

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 5 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 20 years old.

Ready to drink from : 8 years old.

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Côtes de Bordeaux Castillon

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 3 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

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Côtes de Bordeaux Rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 8 years old.

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Côtes de Bourg Rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 8 years old.

Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 3 years old.

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Fronsac

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

Pairing with a dominant Cabernet-sauvignon grape.

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Gevrey-Chambertin

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 2 to 4 years old.

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Haut-Médoc

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 15 years old.

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Haut-Poitou Rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 14-16°C or 57-61 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 5 years old.

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Lalande de Pomerol

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 6 to 12 years old.

Pairing with a dominant Cabernet-sauvignon grape.

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Lussac Saint-Émilion

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 7 to 10 years old.

Pairing with a dominant Cabernet-sauvignon grape.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 3 to 6 years old.

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Madiran

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 8 to 12 years old.

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Médoc Rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 15 years old.

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Pauillac

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 7 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 20 to 50 years old and more for a 1855 classed growth.

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Pomerol

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 5 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 20 years old.

Pairing with a dominant Cabernet-sauvignon grape.

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Saint-Émilion

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 3 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 15 years old.

Pairing with a dominant Cabernet-sauvignon grape.

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Saint-Estèphe

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.

Can be drunk from : 6 years, 10 years at least for a 1855 classed growth.
Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 30 years old and more for a 1855 classed growth.

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Saint-Joseph Rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 16-18°C or 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 10 years old.

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Saint-Julien

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.

Can be drunk from : 5 years, 8 years at least for a 1855 classed growth.
Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 25 years old and more for a 1855 classed growth.

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Volnay

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 14-16°C or 57-61 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 8 years old.

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