Food and wine pairing

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Freshwater fish

Pike quenelles with Nantua sauce

Nantua sauce : a tomato-flavored fish velouté with crayfish butter.

This dish pairs well with 20 drinks :

Alsace blanc Pinot

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.

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Alsace Pinot gris

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.

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

Prefer a pairing with a wine with residual sugar.

Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 3 to 6 years old.

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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.

Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 2 to 4 years old.

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Chablis

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 2 years.

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

Prefer a pairing with a young wine.

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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.

Prefer a pairing with a young wine.

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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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Condrieu 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) : 3 to 5 years old.

Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 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.

Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 2 to 4 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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Mâcon 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 3 years old.

Prefer a pairing with a developed wine.

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Mercurey 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 6 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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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.

Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 2 to 4 years old.

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Rully blanc

Still white 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 5 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.

Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 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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Savennières

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 5 years.

Aging potential (estimation) : 10 to 30 years old.

Prefer a pairing with a dry wine.

Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 5 to 8 years old.

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Vin de Savoie Crépy

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) : 3 to 4 years old.

Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 2 to 4 years old.

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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.

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