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Food and wine pairing

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 pairs well with 454 dishes:

Cheeses

Etxegarai

Etxegarai
Spain. Basque Country.
Smoked, pressed, uncooked raw sheep's milk cheese.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Prefer a pairing with a developed wine.
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Cheeses

Ewephoria

Ewephoria
Netherlands. Friesland.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 12 months.
Prefer a pairing with a fruity wine.
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Cheeses

Fontina

Fontina
Italy. Aosta Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow’s milk with a natural tan to orange-brown colored rind.
Ripening : 2 months.
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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Fouace angevine

Fouace angevine
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Pays de la Loire. Loire-Atlantique. Maine-et-Loire. Saumur. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Poitou-Charentes.
Warm round loaf filled with pork rillettes.
Prefer a pairing with a wine from terraces.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 2 to 5 years old.
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Cheeses

Frinault

Frinault
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Orléans.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.
Prefer a pairing with a wine from terraces.
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Cheeses

Frinault bleu

Frinault bleu
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Orléans.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : 4 weeks.
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Cheeses

Frinault sec

Frinault sec
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loiret. Orléans.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized whole cow's milk with natural rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : at least 4 weeks.
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Consommés, Broths and Soups

Garbure

Garbure
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gascony.
Cab­bage soup with vegetables (broad beans, potatoes, turnip, green peas, onion, garlic, carrot, celeriac, etc) and typically meat pieces, often confit (duck, pork, goose giblets, pork shank, cured ham, sausage, etc).
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