I love French wine and Food – A Burgundy Chablis
If you are looking for French wines and good food, consider the famous Burgundy region in eastern France. Although very rare, you can even find a bargain. I hope you have fun in This educational wine route is a Chardonnay-filled white from old vines (Vieilles Vignes) in the Chablis district of northern Burgundy.
Among the wine regions eleven France Burgundy ranks fourth in the region if you include the Beaujolais region. Most people do despite their considerable differences. Supporters, and many say that Burgundy is really the number one or number two wine regions in France, if not the world. The wine reviewed below is from the north Burgundy Chablis that is physically closer to Champagne than the rest of Burgundy. Chablis is known for its white wines, but a little red product from a local grape called Caesar. If I can get my hands on some, I'll be happy to give it a shot. Until then, I'll have to be filled with white Burgundy.
Chablis is not only one type of wine known around the world. It is also a town of less than three miles in a neighborhood of the same name. You enjoy some old houses, the river Serein and Castle Depaquit size, but its main attractions are the vineyards and cellars.
Smallest one street town of Vézelay is a place of pilgrimage in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The medieval Basilica Sainte-Madeleine (the Basilica of San Madelene) is really worth the detour for its Romanesque architecture. The grounds are beautiful. In fact, the complex is now a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The same guy who restored also restored the Basilica-Cathedral of Amiens and Notre-Dame de Paris.
Before reviewing the Burgundy wine and imported cheeses we had the chance to buy at a local wine merchant and local shops of imported foods, here are some suggestions to eat with indigenous wines when touring this beautiful region. Start Burgundy snails (snails in parsley butter). For your second course enjoy fondue (meat fondue). For dessert, indulge in wine pears pochen Bourgogne (Burgundy Pears poached in wine).
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Let's start by quoting the marketing materials. Steely intensity. Vieilles Vignes, or old vines, giving less fruit, but the quality is higher than that of younger vines. This intense Chardonnay is always excellent with lemon green apple, and many mineral characteristics. It is dry and steel with a long and fresh. Serve with lemon chicken or oysters on the half shell. And now for the test.
My first wine was the match with a quiche without meat, including sesame seeds, broccoli, mushrooms, red and green peppers and imported cheeses. Wine is the acid crisp. I really liked the lime. This wine has been imbued with the taste of Chablis flint. And yet, the wine and the food was not a particularly good match. The Things went a bit better with a tomato, cucumber, red onion, parsley and salad.
The next meal because a fillet of salmon marinated baked 24 hours in a sesame seed, honey, garlic, soy sauce and black pepper. Sides are mashed in broth and zucchini in a tomato sauce. This combination worked exceptionally well. The wine was powerful and lemon. We tested clean mouth and Steel and flint. I kind of thing ruins, dessert, fruit juice sweet wine a bit flat. Honestly, in all my readings and discussions, I've never met twinning of sweetened fruit juices and wines. According to my policy I do not blame the wine for pairing strange that do not fly.
The last meal consisted of meat pies, chops, fried chicken, hamburgers, potatoes and caponata, an eggplant salad, Italian style thick commercial including tomatoes and olives. The wine was refreshing with plenty of lime and acidity, strong and subtle. This combination is classic. He went a little different with each component of food. Believe it or not, it was ethereal when combined with fruit juices sweetness above.
The first cheese pairing was with Emmentaler (Swiss style) cheese came from Germany. Although the cheese was very sweet, fermented no longer does so much acid. Then I tried the Chardonnay and goat cheese from the Poitou-Charentes center western France. Although the cheese produced something ammonia, the game was interesting, the wine is round and slightly thicker.
Verdict final. Burgundy wines come with expectations, following When labeled Vieilles Vignes. This is not a wine for everyday consumption, for me not anyway. However, the salmon has shown the link can reach heights that they are linked. I would buy it again, but look carefully accompanying foods. And I regret, as so often, which is not much cheaper.
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