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Chinon rouge

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Chinon rouge

Still red wine(s)

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.

Synonyms

  • Chinon red wine

This drink pairs well with 454 dishes:

Cheeses

Gubbeen

Gubbeen
Ireland. Cork.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a white to orange washed rind.
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Cheeses

Harbison

Harbison
United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.
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Furred game

Hare à la Cuillère with grilled bacon and chasseur sauce

Hare à la Cuillère with grilled bacon and chasseur sauce
A la cuillère : meat slow-cooked in a casserole dish (4 to 8 hours at 160°C), hollowed out and stuffed, then gratinéed before serving.
Chasseur sauce : brown sauce made from veal (and sometimes beef) stock, white wine, and butter, enhanced with chopped shallots, sliced mushrooms, crushed tomatoes, and finely chopped parsley.
Prefer a pairing with a alcoholic and tannic wine.
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Cured Meats

Hare pâté

Hare pâté
Served cold or at room temperature.
Prefer a pairing with a wine from hillside.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 5 years old.
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Furred game

Hare saupiquet

Hare saupiquet
Saupiquet sauce : spicy sauce made of berries, spices, herbs, onions and/or bay leaves mixed with liver and blood from game, bread, wine, vinegar.
Prefer a pairing with a wine from terraces.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 2 to 5 years old.
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Cured Meats

Head cheese

Head cheese
Small pieces of pork meat (cheeks, snout, tongue, etc), usually cooked with small pieces of carrots, pickles, shallots or onion, seasoned with garlic, spices, parsley and molded in aspic.
Served cold.
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Cheeses

Hermelín

Hermelín
Czech Republic.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.
Prefer a pairing with a light wine low in tannins.
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Cheeses

Idiazabal

Idiazabal
Spain. Basque Country.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw sheep's milk.
Ripening : 60 days minimum.
Prefer a pairing with a fruity and light wine.
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