Food and wine pairing

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Chicken with Champagne sauce

Champagne sauce : Champagne with thick crème fraîche, fish stock (or veal or poultry stock), shallots, parsley, salt and pepper.

This dish pairs well with 7 drinks :

Brut Champagne millésimé

White sparkling wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.

Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 8 years old.

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Champagne blanc de noirs Brut millésimé

White sparkling wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.

Aging potential (estimation) : 7 to 10 years old.

Prefer a pairing with a developed wine.

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Champagne blanc Extra-sec

White sparkling wine(s)

Serve at 06-08°C or 43-46 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.

Aging potential (estimation) : 1 to 2 years old.

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Coteaux champenois blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.

Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 5 years old.

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Graves blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 09-11°C or 48-52 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.

Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 5 years old.

Pairing with a dominant Sémillon grape.

Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 5 years old.

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Saumur Mousseux blanc

White sparkling wine(s)

Serve at 06-09°C or 43-48 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.

Aging potential (estimation) : 1 to 3 years old.

Prefer a pairing with a vintage wine.

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Vouvray sec

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 3 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 15 years old.

Prefer a pairing with a wine over 5 years old.

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