Meal and wine pairing
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Champagne Blanc de noirs Brut
Serve at: 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 1 to 2 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Seafish
Avruga caviar
Kipper (smoked herring) flesh colored with cuttlefish ink, shaped like fish roe (caviar alternative).
Veal
Blanquette de veau
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.
Cheeses
Brie à la truffe noire
France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Brie.
Brie cut in half then topped with a preparation made from black truffle and mascarpone.
Cheeses
Brie de Melun
France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Melun.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.
Veal
Classic blanquette de veau
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.
Cheeses
Écume De Wimereux with black truffle
France. Hauts-de-France. Pas de Calais.
Double cream soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 1 week.
Cheeses
Extra aged Mimolette
France. Hauts-de-France. Nord. Pas-de-Calais.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk colored with annatto.
Ripening : over 24 months.
Cheeses
Hooligan
United States. Connecticut.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk cheese with an orange-colored washed-rind.
Ripening : 2 months.
Shellfish and Seafood
Lobster à l’américaine
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
Pairing with a dominant Pinot noir grape.
Cheeses
Maytag Blue cheese
United States. Iowa.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 months.
Cheeses
Milleens
Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored.
Ripening : 4-10 weeks.
Prefer a pairing with a vinous wine.
Cheeses
Munster
France. Grand Est. Alsace (Munster) and Lorraine (Munster Géromé).
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Prefer a pairing with a vinous wine.
Cheeses
Parmigiano Reggiano vecchio
Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 18 to 24 months.
Prefer a pairing with a vinous wine.