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Sauternes

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Sauternes

Sweet and Medium-sweet white wine(s)

Serve at 08-12°C or 46-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years, 5 years at least for a 1855 classed growth.
Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 30 years old and more for a 1855 classed growth.

This drink pairs well with 596 dishes:

Cheeses

Cambozola

Cambozola
Germany. Allgäu.
Double cream blue soft ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.
Prefer a pairing with a Deuxième cru classé preferably.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 8 years old.
Serving wine : 08 to 09°C (46-48°F) for wines less than 7 years old. 10 to 12°C (50-54 °F) above.
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Desserts and Sweet Courses

Candied chestnut vacherin

Candied chestnut vacherin
Vacherin : dessert made of meringue filled with ice cream or sorbet, sometimes with fruit, and topped with whipped cream.
Serving wine : 08 to 09°C (46-48°F) for wines less than 7 years old. 10 to 12°C (50-54 °F) above.
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Canelé of Bordeaux

Canelé of Bordeaux
France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Gironde. Bordeaux.
Small cake from Bordeaux baked in a mold, originally made of copper, with a cylindrical shape and fluted edges, which gives it its name (from the Gascon word "canelat", meaning "gutter"). It has a soft and tender dough, flavored with rum and vanilla, and a thin, caramelized crust.
Prefer a pairing with a young wine.
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Caramel bavarian cream

Caramel bavarian cream
Bavarian cream : custard with whipped cream and gelatin flavored with alcohol.
Serving wine : 08 to 09°C (46-48°F) for wines less than 7 years old. 10 to 12°C (50-54 °F) above.
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Caramel charlotte

Caramel charlotte
Charlotte : dessert made with cookies, sponge cake, or bread surrounding a heart filled with compote, jam, cream, jelly or fruit puree.
Serving wine : 08 to 09°C (46-48°F) for wines less than 7 years old. 10 to 12°C (50-54 °F) above.
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Caramel crème renversée

Caramel crème renversée
Baked custard served in a ramekin with a caramel bottom, or unmolded, inverted, and topped with caramel.
Serving wine : 08 to 09°C (46-48°F) for wines less than 7 years old. 10 to 12°C (50-54 °F) above.
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Caramel merveilleux

Caramel merveilleux
Belgium. France.
Merveilleux : Sphere or half-sphere shaped cake made of two meringues joined with praline whipped cream, covered with caramelized almond and hazelnut slivers.
Serving wine : 08 to 09°C (46-48°F) for wines less than 7 years old. 10 to 12°C (50-54 °F) above.
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Caramel mille-feuille

Caramel mille-feuille
Mille-feuille : pastry made with three layers of puff pastry separated by two layers of pastry cream and covered with icing sugar or a fondant.
Serving wine : 08 to 09°C (46-48°F) for wines less than 7 years old. 10 to 12°C (50-54 °F) above.
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Caramel pavlova

Caramel pavlova
Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.
Serving wine : 08 to 09°C (46-48°F) for wines less than 7 years old. 10 to 12°C (50-54 °F) above.
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