Food and wine pairing

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Shellfish and Seafood

Lobster claws in americaine sauce

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."

This dish pairs well with 33 drinks :

Drinks and wines types

Still white wine(s) (23)

Sweet and Medium-sweet white wine(s) (6)

Still rosé wine(s) (3)

White sparkling wine(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 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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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

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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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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