Meal and wine pairing
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Chinon Rouge
Serve at: 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.
Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 5 years old for the terraces, 15 to 30 years old and more for the hillside vineyards.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Cheeses
Anabasque
United States. Wisconsin.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk and washed rind.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Prefer a pairing with a fruity wine.
Cured Meats
Andouillette
Pre-cooked sausage usually made from pork intestine (intestine and stomach), sometimes from veal (veal sweetbread), never smoked, to be pan-fried, oven-heated, or grilled.
Served hot.
Cheeses
Ardrahan
Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a washed rind orange-colored.
Ripening : 4 weeks.
Veal
Axoa
Basque Country.
Stew with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes sauté and flavoured with red Espelette pepper.
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Baked endive with ham
Prefer a pairing with a fruity and supple wine.
Main courses
Basque piperade
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Culinary specialty based on peppers, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes, served with eggs, meat, or fish.
Sauces
Béarnaise sauce
Bearnaise sauce : hot sauce with clarified butter and reduction of shalots with vinegar and tarragon emulsified in egg yolks.
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.
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.
Beef
Beef carpaccio
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Beef
Beef carpaccio with Parmesan cheese
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Beef
Beef daube
Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.
Prefer a pairing with a wine over 10 years old.
Beef
Beef daube with black olives
Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.
Prefer a pairing with a wine over 5 years old.
Miscellaneous
Beef gyros
Gyros : greek-origin sandwich, derived from döner kebab, made with meat, onion, tomato and tzatziki sauce in pita bread.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with high tannin level.
Pairing with a spicy dish.
Miscellaneous
Beef pita
Pita : soft, round flatbread used to scoop up food or to make sandwiches.
Also refers to the baked pastry (or turnover) filled with food.
Sandwich made with minced meat, hummus, vegetables (eggplant, cucumber, onion, tomato, etc.) and condiments (coriander, crème fraîche, cumin, lemon juice, harissa, coconut milk, mint, etc.).
Prefer a pairing with a wine with high tannin level.
Pairing with a spicy dish.
Beef
Beef Stroganov
Russia.
Speciality with beef, mushrooms, onions, paprika and smetana (sour clotted cream).
Prefer a regional pairing.