PERFECT PAIRINGS - EPISODE 10 - MYTH: Bordeaux Goes With Everything

This installation of Perfect Pairings was born out of my love of wine from
the Bordeaux region of France. Both white and red wines from Bordeaux
are delicious, well-respected wines that utilize time-honored traditions
of growing, blending and aging. If I had to pick one wine to drink for the
rest of my life, it would be red Bordeaux. I grew up near the region and
developed my palate on Bordeaux—I love the flavor profiles and they age
nicely. Aldo Sohm, the wine director at Le Bernardin knows this about me
so we decided to put the Bordeaux up against four completely different
foods—raw oysters, Camembert cheese, lobster salad and pecan pie. Watch
as we test my beloved Bordeaux with these diverse flavors and have a lot of
fun sparring with each other in the process.

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• wine
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• white wine
• red wine
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• white Bordeaux
• growing
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• raw oysters
• Camembert cheese
• lobster salad
• pecan pie
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• Chateau de Pez St Estephe
• Chateau Clinet Pomerol
• Chateau Nenin
• Pie Crust

[deviantdrummer462]

Eric is being a drunk French asshole

[kirlinks]

Mr. Ripert is making a good point in subjective tasting, but the sommelier, when working, doesn't have the opportunity to know the visitor's subjective taste. So one has to go with what he/she knows for a fact (for example the wines structure, length and acidity, these are not subjective opinions!) and what he/she has decided to pair with the food after tasting. This is why Mr. Sohm was talking about harmony. It either is there or it isn't, and the sommelier's job is to find it out.

[coenschreven]

@mariaalexa3890 I think it's Chateau Migraine...

[mariaalexa3890]

what is the name of the white wine?