Food and wine pairing

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster à l’américaine

American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.

In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."

Synonyms

Lobster in american-style sauce

This dish pairs well with 45 drinks :

Drinks and wines types

Still white wine(s) (26)

Sweet and Medium-sweet white wine(s) (9)

Still red wine(s) (4)

Still rosé wine(s) (3)

White sparkling wine(s) (2)

Yellow wine(s) / Vin jaune(s) (1)

Alsace Gewurztraminer

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 3 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

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Alsace Gewurztraminer Vendanges tardives

Sweet and Medium-sweet white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 3 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 20 years old and more.

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Alsace Pinot gris Vendanges tardives

Sweet and Medium-sweet white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 20 years old and more.

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Alsace Riesling

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.

Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

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Alsace Riesling Vendanges tardives

Sweet and Medium-sweet white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 3 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 20 years old.

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Auxey-Duresses blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.

Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 7 years old.

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Bandol rosé

Still rosé wine(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.

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

Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.

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Barsac

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.

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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Beaujolais 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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Bergerac 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) : 2 to 3 years old.

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Chablis Grand cru

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.

Can be drunk from : 5 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 15 years old and more.

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Champagne blanc brut

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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Champagne blanc de noirs Brut

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) : 1 to 2 years old.

Pairing with a dominant Pinot noir grape.

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Chassagne-Montrachet blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.

Can be drunk from : 3 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 4 to 6 years old.

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Château-Chalon

Yellow wine(s) / Vin jaune(s)

Serve at 13-15°C or 55-59 °F.

Can be drunk from : 10 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 50 years old and more.
Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for one month.

Once you open the bottle, can last it in the fridge for one month.

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Château-Grillet

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.

Can be drunk from : 8 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 15 to 20 years old.

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Châteauneuf-du-Pape blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 4 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 7 to 12 years old.

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Châteauneuf-du-Pape rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.

Can be drunk from : 6 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 20 years old and more.

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Condrieu demi-sec

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 6 to 12 years old.

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Corton Grand cru blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.

Can be drunk from : 7 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 15 to 30 years old and more.

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Corton-Charlemagne

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.

Can be drunk from : 7 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 15 to 30 years old and more.

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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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Côtes de Provence blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.

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

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Côtes de Provence rosé

Still rosé wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.

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

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