{"id":8445,"date":"2022-06-08T15:32:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/?p=8445"},"modified":"2022-06-08T15:32:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:32:19","slug":"wine-pairing-pot-au-feu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wine-pairing-pot-au-feu\/","title":{"rendered":"What to drink with a pot-au-feu? Food and wine pairing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pot-au-feu is a traditional French dish, a symbol of the \"Sunday meal\". It's a balanced, tasty dish that requires patience when simmering the ingredients. The meat is naturally the main component of the dish, and requires two styles of cooking (braised to mark the meat, then simmered). This is where the meat takes on its stringy texture. The meat is usually accompanied by garden vegetables. Carrots, turnips (with cloves stuck in for flavor), potatoes... It's a gourmet dish with lots of flavor, but without the bleeding. To accompany a pot-au-feu, we recommend red wines only, as white wines, served chilled, will contrast too much in temperature with a generally very hot dish.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The golden rule for choosing the right wine for a pot-au-feu is to respect the tannin content. You don't want too much tannin, as it can distort the dish and overwhelm it with its powerful texture. Select more opulent wines, rich in flavor but with a rounded mouthfeel:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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