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)

Côtes de Provence rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.

Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 8 years old.

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Crozes-Hermitage blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.

Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 6 years old.

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Gaillac 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) : 1 to 2 years old.

Prefer a pairing with an oxidative wine (vin de voile).

Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 8 years old.

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Gigondas rouge

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 15-17°C or 59-63 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 8 to 15 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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Hermitage blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 8 to 12 years old.

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Jasnières sec

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) : 10 to 15 years old and more.

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Juliénas

Still red wine(s)

Serve at 14-16°C or 57-61 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.

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

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Jurançon

Sweet and Medium-sweet white wine(s)

Serve at 09-11°C or 48-52 °F.

Can be drunk from : 3 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 25 years old.

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Loupiac

Sweet and Medium-sweet white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 5 years.

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

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Meursault blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.

Can be drunk from : 4 years.

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

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Pessac-Léognan blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old and more for a classed growth.

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Pouilly-Fuissé

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.

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

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Puligny-Montrachet blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.

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

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Saint-Joseph blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.

Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 10 years old.

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Sancerre 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) : 2 to 5 years old.

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Saumur blanc

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.

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

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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.

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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Savennières moelleux

Sweet and Medium-sweet white wine(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 5 years.

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

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Tavel

Still rosé wine(s)

Serve at 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.

Aging potential (estimation) : 2 to 6 years old.

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Vouvray moelleux

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 30 years old and more.

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