Meal and wine pairing
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Gaillac Doux
Serve at: 06-08°C or 43-46 °F.
Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 6 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Cheeses
Amablu
United States. Minnesota.
Raw cow’s milk blue cheese, pressed but uncooked.
Ripening : 75 days.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Apricot bavarian cream
Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Apricot blancmange
Blanc-manger : sweet dessert made with milk or cream, flavored and thickened with potato starch or cornstarch.
Cheeses
Bay blue
United States. California.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 3 months.
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.
Sauces
Beurre blanc sauce
Beurre blanc sauce : shallot reduction with wine and vinegar blended with whipped butter.
Cheeses
Bleu d’Auvergne
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Aveyron. Haute-Loire. Puy-de-Dôme. France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Corrèze. France. Occitania. Lot, Lozère.
Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
Cheeses
Bleu des basques
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Pyrénées-Atlantique. Basque Country.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 10 weeks.
Cheeses
Blue cheese
Cheese made from sheep’s, goat’s, and/or cow’s milk, containing internal mold with colors ranging from blue to grey-green.
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
Cabécou
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Cantal. Occitania. Aveyron, Rouergue. Lot. Tarn-et-Garonne.
Soft-ripened goat cheese made from whole raw milk with a bloomy rind.
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Casse-museau
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Cher. Indre. Berry.
Goat cheese log baked with butter and flour.
Served warm, not hot.
Cheeses
Chiriboga blue
Germany. Allgäu.
Soft-ripened blue cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.
Cheeses
Crater Lake Blue
United States. Oregon.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 90 days.