blanquette de veau wine pairing
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Welcome to Comptoir des Millésimes, the blog! Today, we're going to talk about food and wine pairings. Here are our top tips for pairing your blanquette de veau with a grand cru. Find our great wines at the best prices on the site!

 

Which wines to serve with blanquette de veau?

Visit Veal Blanquette is a traditional French dish based on veal marinated and simmered in a white wine broth, carrots, leeks, onions and mushrooms, with a cream and butter sauce. Suffice to say that this is a hearty, richly flavored and delicious dish. In this case, a white or red wine can be paired, but always with a gentle accompaniment. It is therefore preferable to choose a dry, full-bodied white wine rather than one that is too lively. Just as it's better to choose a light, fruity red wine rather than one that's too young and still too tannic. Here are a few examples of the great wines available on the site to accompany a blanquette de veau:

 

Dominique Laurent is an integral part of the wine world. Formerly a pastry chef by trade, in the 80s he decided to change professions and became a négociant, specializing in Burgundy wines. His job is to select the best terroirs and the best wines, and then to bring all his knowledge to bear on their maturation. This is an important step for the great wines of Burgundy, and he has made it his trademark, aiming to bring a backbone to the wine without ever altering it. This is the case with this Volnay 1er Cru which, thanks to its ageing, has developed notes of mushroom and undergrowth, while retaining sufficient structure to accompany dishes with sauce.

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This is one of Burgundy's must-haves. A family affair, as Marc Colin's children are now at the head of the domaine. Always striving for perfection, their wines are of impeccable precision.

The Saint Aubin appellation is a little more confidential. It lies to the north of Chassagne, and its neighbor is AOC Puligny Montrachet. The Premier Cru Montceau benefits from some of Saint Aubin's finest terroirs, giving it a very interesting tension, substance and power for a white wine. When young, it gives off aromas of white fruit and white flowers, but wait a few years and you'll get notes of white truffles and gunflint. A wonderful discovery!

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Jean-François Ganevat is an emblematic figure in the Jura vineyards, renowned for the quality of his organic and biodynamic work. Having cut his teeth in Burgundy, he decided to settle in the Jura to work with different grape varieties while keeping the same winemaking method. Light, gentle work to preserve the identity of his micro-parcels and grapes.

With the cuvée MadelonAnne & Jean-François Ganevat offer us a blend of Trousseau and Gamay grapes. There's very little manipulation on this cuvée, which has no added sulfite, no indigenous yeast, and is neither fined nor filtered... Real grape juice, greedy, with hints of wild berries and raspberry. Its aromatic complexity will accompany the blanquette without ever overpowering it.

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Thank you for visiting us! Now you know to accompany your veal blanquette in the best conditions. Enjoy the tasting. See also our other dedicated articles food and wine pairing.

 

Which wine to serve with blanquette de veau au citron?

Finding the right food and wine pairing is quite an art. And it can sometimes be more complicated than expected. Between everyone's tastes and opinions, it's easy to get lost in all the information. We've just seen the best wine options for blanquette de veau. So the next question is: what wine to pair with blanquette de veau au citron?

This time, you need to take into account the acidity of the lemon in your dish. This acidity must not be overpowered by the acidity of the wine. So choose a dry, rather young white wine, such as a Chinon Blanc from LoireA Pouilly-fuissé from Burgundy  for example.

Which wine to pair with blanquette de veau à l'ancienne?

Let's move on to the choice of wine to accompany blanquette de veau à l'ancienne. Unsurprisingly, once again it's white wine that's recommended to accompany your blanquette de veau à l'ancienne recipe. Good food and wine pairings never change. Here, a dry white, young or old, will go very well with your dish. As with wine with blanquette de veau classic, a Condrieu in the Rhone Valleya pinot gris or even a Alsace rieslingA perfect match for food and wine.

As you can see, there is no single best wine for serving blanquette de veau, but rather several. Choosing the right wine to pair with blanquette de veau is therefore a matter of taste and knowledge. Now that you know all the possible pairings, all you have to do is choose the wine you like best for your next blanquette dinner. How is your blanquette?

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