Meal and wine pairing
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Mercurey Blanc
Serve at: 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.
Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 6 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Cheeses
Baratte
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Saône-et-Loire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with natural rind and a rye straw that runs through the middle of the cheese.
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.
Cheeses
Beaufort chalet d’alpage
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Type of Beaufort d’été cheese produced from June 1st to October 31st at 1500 meters above sea level and with the milk of a single flock.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.
Cheeses
Beaufort d’été
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.
Type of Beaufort cheese produced from June 1 to October 31.
Ripening : 5 months minimum.
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.
Poultry
Bresse chicken with morel sauce
Morel sauce : chicken broth, fresh cream, shallots, mushrooms and white wine.
Seafish
Brill with sorrel sauce
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.
Main courses
Chicken waterzooi
Belgium.
Fish or chicken stew with vegetables and herbs, with the broth thickened with butter or cream.
Cheeses
Dancing fern
United States. Tennessee.
Raw cow's milk cheese with pressed uncooked paste.
Ripening : 2 months.
Seafish
Darne of salmon with sorrel sauce
Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.
Sorrel sauce : a white wine sauce with sorrel, shallots, butter, cream, and fish stock.
Cheeses
Good Thunder
United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a beer-washed rind (Brown ale).
Ripening : 3 to 4 weeks.
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Gougères
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Specialty made from choux pastry and cheese (Gruyère).
Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice
Green asparagus risotto
Risotto : reduction of a broth with cooked rice and one or several diverse ingredients.
Prefer a pairing with a young wine with a good acidity.
Prefer a pairing with a developed wine.